Subglacial till: The deforming glacier bed

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 15-17, 2003, Pages 1659-1685

  Van Der Meer, Jaap J M ^a   Menzies, John ^b   Rose, James ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SUBGLACIAL TILLS;

GLACIERS;

BASAL FLOW; DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TEXTURE; TILL;

EID: 0041530338     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00141-0     Document Type: Article

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