Quantitative assessment of the hydraulic role of subglaciofluvial interbeds in promoting deposition of deformation till (Northern Till, Ontario)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 608-620

  Meriano, Mandana ^a   Eyles, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER WELLS;

3-D FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; AQUITARD; BED MATERIALS; DATA SETS; DOWNHOLE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS; ICE STREAMS; LAKE ONTARIO; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SHEET-FLOWS; THEORETICAL STUDIES; WATER FLOWS;

DEFORMATION;

BOREHOLE; BOULDER; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOTECTONICS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; POREWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TILL; WATER FLOW;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 61649118138     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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