Investigating changes in basal conditions of Variegated Glacier prior to and during its 1982-1983 surge

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 659-672

  Jay Allemand, M ^a   Gillet Chaulet, F ^a   Gagliardini, O ^a,b   Nodet, M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; DATA SET; DRAINAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER SURGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SLIDING; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; VARIEGATED GLACIER;

EID: 80052095337     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-659-2011     Document Type: Article

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