A ploughing model for the origin of weak tills beneath ice streams: A qualitative treatment

Quaternary International

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-70

  Tulaczyk, Slawek M ^a,d   Scherer, Reed P ^b   Clark, Christopher D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; ICE STREAM; PROVENANCE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

(WEST); ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0035657779     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(01)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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