Subglacial deformation associated with fast ice flow, from the Columbia Glacier, Alaska

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 177-197

  Hart, Jane K ^a   Smith, Barnaby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Columbia Glacier; Deforming bed; Deforming bed till; Fast ice flow; Flutes

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUE; GLACIER; ICE FLOW; SUBGLACIAL DEFORMATION;

USA, ALASKA, COLUMBIA GLACIER;

EID: 0031440908     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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