Ice sheet-derived submarine groundwater discharge on Greenland's continental shelf

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Defoor, Whitney ^a   Person, Mark ^a   Larsen, Hans Christian ^b   Lizarralde, Daniel ^c   Cohen, Denis ^d   Dugan, Brandon ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; MELTING; SEAWATER; SUBMARINES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; ISOTOPE TRANSPORT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

ICE;

BASALT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISCHARGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROGEOLOGY; ICE SHEET; INFILTRATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; MIXING; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; SEAWATER; SOLUTE; SUBMARINE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 79961221516     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010536     Document Type: Article

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