An increase in crevasse extent, West Greenland: Hydrologic implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Colgan, William ^a   Steffen, Konrad ^a   McLamb, W Scott ^a   Abdalati, Waleed ^a   Rajaram, Harihar ^b   Motyka, Roman ^c   Phillips, Thomas ^b   Anderson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION;

BASAL SLIDING; FIRST-ORDER; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE SHEET; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SURFACE ABLATION; WEST GREENLAND;

GLACIERS;

ABLATION; BASAL ICE; CREVASSE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE SHEET; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MELTWATER; SLIDING; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 80053020177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048491     Document Type: Article

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