Origin and significance of lateral meltwater channels formed along a temperate glacier margin, Glacier Bay, Alaska

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-145

  Syverson, Kent M ^a   Mickelson, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE MARGIN; MELTWATER; NUNATAK; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62649142336     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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