Bedrock surface roughness and the distribution of subglacially precipitated carbonate deposits: Implications for formation at Glacier de Tsanfleuron, Switzerland

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-270

  Hubbard, Bryn ^a   Hubbard, Alun ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedrock roughness; Regelation; Subglacial carbonate precipitates

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK ROUGHNESS; CARBONATE PRECIPITATE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

SWITZERLAND, GLACIER DE TSANFLEURON;

EID: 0031860388     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199803)23:3<261::AID-ESP848>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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