Ice streams as the arteries of an ice sheet: their mechanics, stability and significance
Abstract Ice streams are corridors of fast ice flow (ca. 0.8 km/year) within an ice sheet and are responsible for discharging the majority of the ice and sediment within them. Consequently, like the arteries in our body, their behaviour and stability is essential to the well being of an ice sheet. I...
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2003
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1061.2773 |