Links between proglacial stream suspended sediment dynamics, glacier hydrology and glacier motion at Midtdalsbreen, Norway

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 629-648

  Willis, Ian C ^a   Richards, Keith S ^a   Sharp, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacier velocity; Meltwater discharge; Subglacial hydrology; Suspended sediments; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

GLACIER MOTION; MELTWATER DISCHARGE; MIDTDALSBREEN; SUBGLACIAL HYDROLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT DYNAMICS;

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER VELOCITY; MELTWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030115378     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199604)10:4<629::aid-hyp396>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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