A viscoelastic flowline model applied to tidal forcing of Bindschadler Ice Stream, West Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-132

  Walker, Ryan T ^a   Christianson, Knut ^a,c   Parizek, Byron R ^b   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacier dynamics; Ice stream; Ocean tides; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GPS DATA; ICE STREAM; ICE STREAMS; ICE-FLOW MODELS; OCEAN TIDES; ROSS ICE SHELVES; TIDAL FORCING; TIME-AVERAGED VELOCITY; VELOCITY PERTURBATION; VISCOELASTIC; VISCOELASTIC MODELS;

FLOWLINES;

VELOCITY;

BASAL FLOW; DEFORMATION; FLOW MODELING; GLACIOLOGY; GPS; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANTARCTICA; BINDSCHADLER ICE STREAM; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84856047143     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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