Bedload component of glacially discharged sediment: Insights from the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-10

  Pearce, Justin T ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^a   Evenson, Edward B ^a   Lawson, Daniel E ^b   Alley, Richard B ^c   Germanoski, Dru ^d   Denner, Jon D ^e  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cold Regions Res/Eng Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bedload; Glacial erosion; Matanuska Glacier; Sediment transport; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD COMPONENTS;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS; SUPERCOOLING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEDLOAD; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER; MELTWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037286287     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0007:BCOGDS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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