Tectonic processes in a surge-type glacier

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 499-515

  Sharp, Martin ^a   Lawson, Wendy ^a   Anderson, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Physics Mathematics and Astronomy 200 36 California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 USA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ICE - DEFORMATION; WATER - PRESSURE EFFECTS;

SURGE-TYPE GLACIER;

GEOLOGY;

BASAL SLIDING; GLACIER; SURGE-TYPE GLACIER; TECTONIC PROCESS;

USA, ALASKA, VARIEGATED GLACIER;

EID: 0024165848     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(88)90037-5     Document Type: Article

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