Two-dimensional numerical modeling of fracturing and shear band development in glacier fronts

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-142

  Koehn, Daniel ^a   Sachau, Till ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crevasse; Failure; Flow; Fracturing; Glaciers; Ice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894471990     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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