An Excel™ spreadsheet program for reconstructing the surface profile of former mountain glaciers and ice caps

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 605-610

  Benn, Douglas I ^a,b   Hulton, Nicholas R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacier reconstruction; Ice sheet surface; Shape factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC MODELS; BED TOPOGRAPHY; EXACT SOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET SURFACE; ICE-CAPS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; SPREADSHEET PROGRAM; SURFACE PROFILES;

FLOWLINES; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; SPREADSHEETS; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; YIELD STRESS;

ICE;

GLACIER; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; RECONSTRUCTION; SOFTWARE; SPREADSHEET;

EID: 77950865589     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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