Hydraulic impacts of glacier advance over a sediment bed

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 179, 2006, Pages 497-527

  Boulton, Geoffrey ^a   Zatsepin, Sergei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GLACIER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; POROELASTICITY; PRESSURE DROP; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ARCTIC; BREIDAMERKURJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 33847060390     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756506781828403     Document Type: Article

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