Transverse englacial debris-rich ice bands at Kvíárjökull, southeast Iceland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1708-1718

  Swift, Darrel A ^a   A Evans, David J ^b   Fallick, Anthony E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUPERCOOLING;

DEBRIS RICH ICE; ENGLACIAL BANDS; GLACIOHYDRAULIC SUPERCOOLING; ICE FORMATION;

ICE;

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT BY ORIGIN OR COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUPERCOOLING;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33745853115     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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