Lateral controls on grounding-line dynamics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 722, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pegler, Samuel S ^a   Kowal, Katarzyna N ^a   Hasenclever, Leonard Q ^a   Grae Worster, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geophysical and geological flows; Hele shaw flows; Ice sheets

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GROUNDING; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLOW TRANSITIONS; GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; HELE-SHAW CELLS; HELE-SHAW FLOW; ICE SHEET; LATERAL CONTROL; LUBRICATION THEORY; VISCOUS GRAVITY CURRENTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BUOYANCY; GRAVITY FLOW; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; SHEAR STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 84879619330     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.140     Document Type: Article

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