Structural, tectonic and glaciological controls on the evolution of fjord landscapes

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 291-302

  Glasser, Neil F ^a   Ghiglione, Matías C ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fjords; Glacial geomorphology; Patagonia; South America; Structural geology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FJORD; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LINEAMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60349118356     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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