Investigating the stability of subglacial lakes with a full Stokes ice-sheet model

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 185, 2008, Pages 353-361

  Pattyn, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; DRAINAGE BASIN; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; HYDROSTATICS; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 46949094445     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308784886171     Document Type: Article

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