The influence of englacial drainage on sediment-transport pathways and till texture of temperate valley glaciers

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 22, Issue , 1996, Pages 160-166

  Kirkbride, Martin ^a   Spedding, Nick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGLACIAL DRAINAGE; GLACIER HYDROLOGY; MORAINE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TILL TEXTURE; VALLEY GLACIER;

ICELAND, GIGJOKULL; ICELAND, STEINHOLTSJOKULL; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, MUELLER GLACIER; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, TASMAN GLACIER;

EID: 0030426051     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1996aog22-1-160-166     Document Type: Article

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