Glacier-permafrost interactions and glaciotectonic landform generation at the margin of the Leverett Glacier, West Greenland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 242, Issue , 2005, Pages 39-50

  Waller, Richard I ^a   Tuckwell, George W ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stats Geotechnical Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORAINE; PERMAFROST;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 19344364082     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.242.01.04     Document Type: Article

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