Supraglacial weathering crust dynamics inferred from cryoconite hole hydrology

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 433-446

  Cook, Joseph Mitchell ^a   Hodson, Andy J ^b,c   Irvine Fynn, Tristram D L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryoconite; Glacier; Hydrology; Supraglacial; Weathering crust

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); WATER LEVELS;

CRYOCONITE; DRAINAGE EFFICIENCY; INTERSTITIAL PORES; NEAR-SURFACE HYDROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SUPRAGLACIAL; WEATHERING CRUST;

WEATHERING;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; MELTWATER; RADIATIVE FORCING; WATER LEVEL; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC; AUSTRE BROGGERBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84956765971     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10602     Document Type: Article

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