Modelling the delivery of supraglacial meltwater to the ice/bed interface: Application to southwest Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 208, 2012, Pages 361-374

  Clason, Caroline ^a   Mair, Douglas W F ^a   Burgess, David O ^b   Nienow, Peter W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREVASSE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLACIER; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MELTWATER; MODELING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CANADA; DEVON ICE CAP; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84862293499     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J129     Document Type: Article

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