The deforming bed/debris-rich basal ice continuum and its implications for the formation of glacial landforms (Flutes) and sediments (Melt-out till)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 737-754

  Hart, Jane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032144134     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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