Rates of erosion and sediment evacuation by glaciers: A review of field data and their implications

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 213-235

  Hallet, B ^a   Hunter, L ^b   Bogen, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ATTN: CEERD PA H   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DENUDATION; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL SEDIMENT; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT YIELD;

EID: 0030438474     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8181(95)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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