Bed ribbing instability explanation: Testing a numerical model of Ribbed moraine formation arising from couple flow of ice and subglacial sediment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Dunlop, Paul ^a   Clark, Chris D ^b   Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; MORAINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

EID: 56649121870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000954     Document Type: Article

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