Modelled subglacial floods and tunnel valleys control the life cycle of transitory ice streams
<p>Ice streams are corridors of fast-flowing ice that control mass transfers from continental ice sheets to oceans. Their flow speeds are known to accelerate and decelerate, their activity can switch on and off, and even their locations can shift entirely. Our analogue physical experiments...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-08-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2759/2018/tc-12-2759-2018.pdf |