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Characteristics and dynamics of two major Greenland glacial fjords
Author(s) -
Sutherland David A.,
Straneo Fiammetta,
Pickart Robert S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: oceans
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-9291
pISSN - 2169-9275
DOI - 10.1002/2013jc009786
Subject(s) - fjord , glacial period , oceanography , geology , dynamics (music) , physical geography , geography , geomorphology , physics , acoustics
Key Points We describe fjord and shelf circulation patterns in two large glacial fjords Time‐dependent, externally driven intermediary circulation dominates both fjords We charactertize these fjords in estuarine parameter space