Reversal of ice motion during the outburst of a glacier-dammed lake on Gornergletscher, Switzerland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 181, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Sugiyama, Shin ^a,b   Bauder, Andreas ^b   Weiss, Patrik ^b   Funk, Martin ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGLACIAL PROCESS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LAKE WATER; OUTBURST; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; YOUNG MODULUS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 37549027653     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756507782202847     Document Type: Article

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