An assessment of fluting and "till esker" formation on the foreland of Sandfellsjökull, Iceland

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-465

  Evans, David J A ^a   Nelson, Chris D ^a   Webb, Caroline ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clast macrofabrics; Fluting; Subglacial deformation; Subglacial till; Till esker

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEGLACIATION; ESKER; FORELAND BASIN; ICE FLOW; PIEDMONT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70549101151     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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