Transient response of idealized glaciers to climate variations

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 193, 2009, Pages 918-930

  Lüthi, Martin P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BEDROCK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE THICKNESS; PARAMETERIZATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

EID: 75449098885     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790152519     Document Type: Article

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