A cut-and-closure origin for englacial conduits in uncrevassed regions of polythermal glaciers

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 189, 2009, Pages 66-80

  Gulley, J D ^a,b   Benn, D I ^b,c   Muller D ^b,d   Luckman, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CANYON; CREVASSE; GLACIER; MORAINE; SPELEOLOGY; STREAM CHANNEL;

ARCTIC; ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU GLACIER; KHUMBU HIMAL; LONGYEARBYEN; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; SOUTH ASIA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 67651152938     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608930     Document Type: Article

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