Size and shape characteristics of drumlins, derived from a large sample, and associated scaling laws

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 677-692

  Clark, Chris D ^a   Hughes, Anna L C ^a,b   Greenwood, Sarah L ^a   Spagnolo, Matteo ^a   Ng, Felix S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELONGATION; FORMING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS;

BRITAIN; DATA CLOUDS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; ELONGATION RATIOS; FORMING PROCESS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; ICE FLOWS; ICE SHEETS; IRELAND; MODEL TESTING; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SATELLITE IMAGES; SCALING LAW; SCALING PROPERTIES; SIZE AND SHAPES; UNIMODAL;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DRUMLIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHAPE; SIZE;

EID: 61649088385     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.035     Document Type: Article

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