Tunnel valley genesis

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catastrophic meltwater floods; Subglacial meltwater erosion; Subglacial sediment deformation; Tunnel valleys

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FLOOD; DEGLACIATION; MELTWATER EROSION; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT; TUNNEL VALLEY GENESIS;

EID: 0029774415     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913339602000101     Document Type: Article

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