The influence of the presence and drainage of an ice-marginal lake on the flow of Gornergletscher, Switzerland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 196, 2010, Pages 278-286

  Riesen, Patrick ^a   Sugiyama, Shin ^b   Funk, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE FLOW; LAKE WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

GORNER GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 77956968550     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310791968575     Document Type: Article

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