Greenland ice sheet hydrology: A review

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-54

  Chu, Vena W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

englacial; glaciers; Greenland; hydrology; ice dynamics; ice sheet; proglacial; sediment plumes; subglacial; supraglacial lakes; supraglacial streams

Indexed keywords

ENGLACIAL PROCESS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84894274934     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133313507075     Document Type: Article

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