Buffering of sublimation loss of subsurface ice by percolating snowmelt: A theoretical analysis

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-313

  Schorghofer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Dry Valleys; Ground ice; Mathematical geophysics; Permafrost degradation; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; PERMAFROST; SNOWMELT; SUBLIMATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 69949091286     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.646     Document Type: Article

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