Laboratory investigations of iceberg capsize dynamics, energy dissipation and tsunamigenesis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Burton, J C ^a   Amundson, J M ^a   Abbot, D S ^a   Boghosian, A ^a   Cathles, L M ^a   Correa Legisos, S ^b   Darnell, K N ^a   Guttenberg, N ^a   Holland, D M ^c   MacAyeal, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCING; DRAG; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLACIOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE MARGIN; ICE MECHANICS; ICEBERG; KINETIC ENERGY; LABORATORY METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEA ICE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84856246424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002055     Document Type: Article

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