Ice streaming in the Laurentide Ice Sheet: A first comparison between data-calibrated numerical model output and geological evidence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Stokes, Chris R ^a   Tarasov, Lev ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; DYNAMIC CHANGES; FUTURE MODELS; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET MODELS; ICE STREAM CATCHMENTS; ICE STREAMS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS MODELS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HYDRAULICS; PAPER SHEETING; TIME SWITCHES;

ICE;

DEGLACIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EID: 75749151230     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040990     Document Type: Article

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