Continuity comes first: Recent progress in understanding subglacial deformation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 176, Issue , 2000, Pages 171-179

  Alley, R B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GLACIER DYNAMICS; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034493831     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.176.01.13     Document Type: Article

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