Ice tectonic deformation during the rapid in situ drainage of a supraglacial lake on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-140

  Doyle, S H ^a   Hubbard, A L ^a   Dow, C F ^b   Jones, G A ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, A ^a   Gusmeroli, A ^b,e   Kulessa, B ^b   Lindback, K ^c   Pettersson, R ^c   Box, J E ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLACIAL LAKE; GPS; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; PEAK DISCHARGE; SEISMICITY; SURFACE WATER; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84873617269     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-129-2013     Document Type: Article

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