Low-velocity glacial surges - Processes unlocked by modern surge on Svalbard

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 553-556

  Lønne, Ida ^a  

^a Villaveien 21   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drawdown; Glacier surges; Glaciomarine sedimentation; Moraines; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF SOLIDS; GLACIERS; ICE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION;

BUTTRESSING EFFECT; DEGLACIETED SEAFLOOR; GLACIAL SURGES; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENTATION; MORAINES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; MORAINE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33745876301     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21799.1     Document Type: Article

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