The geography of basal ice and its relationship to glaciohydraulic supercooling: Svínafellsjökull, southeast Iceland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 19-21, 2007, Pages 2309-2315

  Cook, Simon J ^a   Knight, Peter G ^b   Waller, Richard I ^b   Robinson, Zoe P ^b   Adam, William G ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; SUPERCOOLING;

ANCHOR ICE TERRACES; BASAL ICE FORMATION; BASAL ICE POPULATIONS; GLACIOHYDRAULIC SUPERCOOLING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BASAL ICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; SUPERCOOLING;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; SVINAFELLSJOKULL;

EID: 36248997029     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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