Near-surface permeability in a supraglacial drainage basin on the Llewellyn Glacier, Juneau Icefield, British Columbia

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 537-546

  Karlstrom, L ^a   Zok, A ^b   Manga, M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE FIELD; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SNOWPACK; SURFACE WATER; WATER FLOW;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; JUNEAU; LLEWELLYN GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924569339     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-537-2014     Document Type: Article

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