Stick-slip behavior of ice streams: Modeling investigations

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Sergienko, Olga V ^a,d   Macayeal, Douglas R ^b   Bindschadler, Robert A ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; ICE MECHANICS; ICE STREAM; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STICK-SLIP; STREAMFLOW;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA; WHILLANS ICE STREAM;

EID: 70350107392     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789624274     Document Type: Article

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