Glacial erosion at the fjord onset zone and implications for the organization of ice flow on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 126-134

  Briner, Jason P ^a   Miller, Gifford H ^b   Finkel, Robert ^c   Hess, Dale P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic radionuclides; Fjord; Glacial erosion; Ice sheet

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FJORD; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE FLOW; ICE MARGIN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SCOUR;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 41849110964     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.039     Document Type: Article

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