Traveling supraglacial lakes on George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Labarbera, C H ^a   MacAyeal, D R ^b  

^a Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES;

ANTARCTICA; BUCKLING BEHAVIORS; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHELVES; SURFACE FEATURE; TRAVELING WAVE;

ICE;

BUCKLING; DRAINAGE; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHELF; LAKE WATER; SWELL; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; GEORGE VI ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84855290779     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049970     Document Type: Article

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