Modeling channelized and distributed subglacial drainage in two dimensions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2140-2158

  Werder, Mauro A ^a,b   Hewitt, Ian J ^c,d   Schoof, Christian G ^c   Flowers, Gwenn E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drainage network; glacier drainage system; glaciology; modeling; self organized; subglacial drainage

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84891632871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20146     Document Type: Article

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