Flux of debris transported by ice at three Alaskan tidewater glaciers

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 140, 1996, Pages 123-135

  Hunter, Lewis E ^a   Powell, Ross D ^b   Lawson, Daniel E ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLUX; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER TERMINI; GLACIERS; GRAND PACIFIC GLACIER; ICE RAFTING; MARGERIE GLACIER; MORAINE; MUIR GLACIER; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; TIDEWATER GLACIER; TIDEWATER TERMINUS;

USA, ALASKA, GLACIER BAY;

EID: 0029750424     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000030586     Document Type: Article

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