Fluid-pressure controlled soft-bed deformation sequence beneath the surging Brei{eth}amerkurjökull (Iceland, Little Ice Age)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 71-86

  Denis, Michaël ^a   Buoncristiani, Jean François ^a   Guiraud, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Brei eth amerkurj kull; Clast fabric analysis; Fluid pressure; Iceland; Subglacial deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLUID PRESSURE; FOLDING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; THRUST;

BREIDAMERKURJOKULL; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349762433     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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