Laboratory study of the frictional rheology of sheared till

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rathbun, Andre P ^a   Marone, Chris ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; POWER LAW; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; TILL;

ALASKA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; MATANUSKA GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849118190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000815     Document Type: Article

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