Drainage from water-filled crevasses along the margins of Jakobshavn Isbræ: A potential catalyst for catchment expansion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 795-813

  Lampkin, D J ^a,b   Amador, N ^a   Parizek, B R ^c   Farness, K ^d   Jezek, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ice stream; ponds; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BEDROCK; CREVASSE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE STREAM; MELTWATER; POND; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

EID: 84880741447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20039     Document Type: Article

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