Where glaciers meet water: Subaqueous melt and its relevance to glaciers in various settings

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 220-239

  Truffer, Martin ^a   Motyka, Roman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

calving; glaciers; melt; ocean

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LAKES; MELTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CALVING; DYNAMICAL REGIME; FRESH WATER LAKES; GLACIAL RUNOFF; OCEAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SMALL COMPONENTS;

ICE;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE FLOW; MELTWATER;

EID: 84960391624     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015RG000494     Document Type: Review

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