Eurasian ice-sheet dynamics and sensitivity to subglacial hydrology

Ice-stream dynamics are strongly controlled by processes taking place at the ice/bed interface where subglacial water both lubricates the base and saturates any existing, underlying sediment. Large parts of the former Eurasian ice sheet were underlain by thick sequences of soft, marine sediments and...

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Main Authors: EYTHOR GUDLAUGSSON, ANGELIKA HUMBERT, KARIN ANDREASSEN, CAROLINE C. CLASON, THOMAS KLEINER, SEBASTIAN BEYER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143017000211/type/journal_article