Glacial landforms of extreme size in the Keewatin sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 1894-1910

  Greenwood, Sarah L ^a   Kleman, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; DEGLACIAL; GENETIC ORIGIN; GLACIAL LANDFORMS; GLACIAL LINEATION; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; SUBGLACIAL PROCESS; TERMINAL POSITION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ICE;

BEDFORM; BELT; DEGLACIATION; DRUMLIN; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; MAPPING METHOD; MORAINE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CANADA; KEEWATIN; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NUNAVUT; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77954817699     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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