Ice-stream flow switching by up-ice propagation of instabilities along glacial marginal troughs

Brouard, Etienne; Lajeunesse, Patrick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-981-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-981-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-981-2019

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22 Mar 2019

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| 22 Mar 2019

Ice-stream flow switching by up-ice propagation of instabilities along glacial marginal troughs

Etienne Brouard and Patrick Lajeunesse

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