Formation of submarginal and proglacial end moraines: Implications of ice-flow mechanism during the 1963-64 surge of Brúarjökull, Iceland

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 440-457

  Benediktsson, Ívar Örn ^a   Ingólfsson, Ólafur ^a   Schomacker, Anders ^a   Kjær, Kurt H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER SURGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ICE FLOW; MORAINE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

BRUARJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 73849104395     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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