Basal icequakes during changing subglacial water pressures beneath Gornergletscher, Switzerland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 186, 2008, Pages 511-521

  Walter, Fabian ^a   Deichmann, Nicholas ^a   Funk, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; MELTWATER; SEISMICITY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VALLEY GLACIER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GORNER GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 49649110965     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308785837110     Document Type: Article

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