Sedimentological investigations in the forefield of an Icelandic surge-type glacier: Implications for the surge mechanism

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 12-13, 2002, Pages 1503-1520

  Fuller, Sarah ^a   Murray, Tavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MICROMORPHOLOGY;

GLACIERS;

BASAL FLOW; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIER SURGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0036098093     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(01)00099-3     Document Type: Article

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