Distribution of glaciofluvial sediment within and on the surface of a high arctic valley glacier: Marthabreen, Svalbard

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-318

  Glasser, Neil F ^a   Bennett, Matthew R ^b   Huddart, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris entrainment; Glaciofluvial sediment; Longitudinal foliation; Structural glaciology; Svalbard; Thrusts

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0032810679     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199904)24:4<303::AID-ESP952>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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