Sensitivity of subglacial Lake Vostok's flow regime on environmental parameters

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 242-247

  Thoma, Malte ^a,b   Mayer, Christoph ^b   Grosfeld, Klaus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; ice ocean interaction; Lake Vostok; numerical ocean modeling; sensitivity study; subglacial environment

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HEAT FLUX; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL OCEAN MODELING; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BUOYANCY; FLOW PATTERN; GLACIAL LAKE; HEAT FLUX; HIGH PRESSURE; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; LAKE WATER; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

EID: 43049137993     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.023     Document Type: Article

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