Large-scale bedrock displacement by cirque glaciers

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-107

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRQUE; GLACIAL EROSION; MORAINE; ROCK BLOCK;

REINDALEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0032984553     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552627     Document Type: Article

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