Formation and deformation of basal till during a glacier surge; Elisebreen, Svalbard

Geomorphology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 217-234

  Larsen, Nicolaj K ^a   Piotrowski, Jan A ^a   Christoffersen, Poul ^b   Menzies, John ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial landforms; Micromorphology; Subglacial processes; Surge glacier; Svalbard; Till

Indexed keywords

GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIER SURGE; ICE MARGIN; LITTLE ICE AGE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORAINE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ARCTIC; ELISEBREEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33749637917     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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