Soft-bed experiments beneath Engabreen, Norway: Regelation, infiltration, basal slip and bed deformation

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 182, 2007, Pages 323-340

  Iverson, N R ^a   Hooyer, T S ^b   Fischer, U H ^c   Cohen, D ^a   Moore, P L ^a   Jackson, M ^d   Lappegard, G ^e   Kohler, J ^f  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; PLOWING; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TILL;

ENGABREEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORDLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37549019308     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214307783258431     Document Type: Article

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