Coupled ice-till dynamics and the seeding of drumlins and bedrock forms

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 28, Issue , 1999, Pages 221-230

  Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUMLIN; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE MOVEMENT; TILL;

EID: 0033368536     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821931     Document Type: Article

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