A physically based calving model applied to marine outlet glaciers and implications for the glacier dynamics

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 199, 2010, Pages 781-794

  Nick, F M ^a,b,g   Van Der Veen, C J ^c   Vieli, A ^d   Benn, D I ^e,f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLOW MODELING; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE FLOW; ICE THICKNESS; ICEBERG CALVING; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLOPE; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 79551703914     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310794457344     Document Type: Article

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