A comparison of the styles of deformation associated with two recent push moraines, south van Keulenfjorden, Svalbard

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1089-1107

  Hart, Jane K ^a   Watts, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neoglacial fluctuations; Proglacial deformation; Spitsbergen; Surging glaciers

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GLACIAL SURGE; PUSH MORAINE;

SVALBARD, VAN KEULENFJORDEN;

EID: 0031429303     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199712)22:12<1089::AID-ESP804>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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