A model for turbulent hydraulic fracture and application to crack propagation at glacier beds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Tsai, Victor C ^a,b   Rice, James R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DISPLACEMENT; DRAINAGE; FLOODING; GLACIOLOGY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; ICE SHEET; LAMINAR FLOW; MELTWATER; MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; ELASTIC MODULUS; GLACIER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 77955205690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001474     Document Type: Article

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