Antarctic Subglacial Lake Discharges

Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 27-44

  Pattyn, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Aquatic ecology Antarctica; Basalhydrology; Icesheetmodeling; Icesheetstability; J kulhlaups; Subglacial lakes Antarctica Discovery and exploration; Subglacial lakes Antarctica History; Subglacial lakes Polar regions Discovery and exploration; Subglacial lakes Polar regions History; Subglaciallake

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE;

ANTARCTICA; BASALHYDROLOGY; ICESHEETMODELING; ICESHEETSTABILITY; POLAR REGIONS; SUBGLACIALLAKE;

LAKES;

EID: 84951286386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118670354.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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