Conditions for a steady ice sheet-ice shelf junction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 246-255

  Nowicki, S M J ^a   Wingham, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contact condition; grounding line; marine ice sheet instability; no slip; sea level; sliding

Indexed keywords

CONTACT CONDITION; MARINE ICE SHEET INSTABILITY; NO-SLIP; SLIDING;

MASS TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL; STEADY FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

SEA ICE;

BASAL FLOW; FREE SURFACE FLOW; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; SEA LEVEL; SLIDING; STEADY FLOW; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 36849014801     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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