On the formation of the tunnel valleys of the southern Laurentide ice sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1364-1372

  Hooke, Roger LeB ^a   Jennings, Carrie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; ICE;

CATASTROPE; ICE SHEET; TUNNEL VALLEYS; WATER PRESSURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BASAL MELTING; GLACIAL EROSION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; VALLEY GLACIER;

EID: 33744824963     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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