An ice flow modeling perspective on bedrock adjustment patterns of the Greenland ice sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1263-1274

  Olaizola, M ^a,b   Van De Wal, R S W ^a   Helsen, M M ^a   De Boer, B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELASTICITY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GRACE; ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SATELLITE DATA; SUBSIDENCE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84868649815     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1263-2012     Document Type: Review

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