The ablation zone in northeast greenland: Ice types, albedos and impurities

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 195, 2010, Pages 101-113

  Bøggild, Carl Egede ^a   Brandt, Richard E ^b   Brown, Kendrick J ^c,d,e   Warren, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALBEDO; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; ICE COVER; ICE MARGIN; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TUNDRA; WIND EROSION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 77954090288     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310791190776     Document Type: Article

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