A groove-ploughing theory for the production of mega-scale glacial lineations, and implications for ice-stream mechanics

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue 165, 2003, Pages 240-256

  Clark, Chris D ^a   Tulaczyk, Slawek M ^b   Stokes, Chris R ^c   Canals, Miquel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE STREAM; LINEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

EID: 0348233879     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830719     Document Type: Article

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