Superimposition of ribbed moraines on a palaeo-ice-stream bed: Implications for ice stream dynamics and shutdown

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 593-609

  Stokes, Chris R ^a   Lian, Olav B ^b   Tulaczyk, Slawek ^c   Clark, Chris D ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice stream; Ribbed moraines; Sticky spots; Subglacial bedforms

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTS; TENSILE STRESS;

GLACIAL LINEATION; RIBBED MORAINE; SUBGLACIAL BEDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTS; TENSILE STRESS;

BEDFORM; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; LITHOFACIES; MORAINE; MORPHOMETRY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TILL;

CANADA; DUBAWNT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 42049100084     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1671     Document Type: Article

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