Structural controls on englacial esker sedimentation: Skef∂ará rjökull, Iceland

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 85-92

  Burke, Matthew J ^a   Woodward, John ^a   Russell, Andrew J ^b   Fleisher, P Jay ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGLACIAL PROCESS; ESKER; GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CAP; ICE MARGIN; JOKULHLAUP; OUTBURST; SEDIMENTATION; STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKEIDARARJOKULL;

EID: 68949143449     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789097568     Document Type: Article

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