Potential subglacial lake locations and meltwater drainage pathways beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1721-1740

  Livingstone, S J ^a   Clark, C D ^a   Woodward, J ^b   Kingslake, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ELEVATION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; MELTWATER; MODEL VALIDATION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84887427787     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1721-2013     Document Type: Article

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