Subglacial water-escape structures and till structures, Slettjokull, Iceland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-205

  Van Der Meer, Jaap J M ^a   Kjaer, Kurt H ^b   Krüger, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glacial hydrology; Hydrofractures; Ice push; Iceland; Till

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TILL;

ICELAND; SLETTJOKULL;

EID: 0033134005     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199905)14:3<191::aid-jqs436>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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