Field evidence for wet-based ice sheet erosion from the south-central Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 466-474

  Hättestrand, Clas ^a   Stroeven, Arjen P ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EROSION; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET EROSION; PLEISTOCENE; STRIATED BEDROCK; WEATHERING; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 0030303144     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551857     Document Type: Article

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