Dynamic patterns of ice stream flow in a 3-D higher-order ice sheet model with plastic bed and simplified hydrology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bougamont, M ^a   Price, S ^b,c   Christoffersen, P ^a   Payne, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; RHEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TILL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 80755167705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002025     Document Type: Article

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