Constraints on the lake volume required for hydro-fracture through ice sheets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Krawczynski, M J ^a   Behn, M D ^b   Das, S B ^b   Joughin, I ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK GEOMETRIES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRO-FRACTURE; ICE SHEET; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; VOLUMETRIC CONSTRAINTS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CRACKS;

CRACK; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FREEZING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; LAKE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 67651083263     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036765     Document Type: Article

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