Glacial outlet valley size-ice drainage area relationships: Some considerations

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 645-653

  Brook, Martin S ^a   Brock, Ben W ^a   Kirkbride, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage basin; Glacial valley; Power law

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; EROSION; ICE;

GLACIOLOGICAL SETTINGS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DRAINAGE BASIN; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; POWER LAW;

EID: 0042816362     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.488     Document Type: Article

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