The instability theory of drumlin formation applied to Newtonian viscous ice of finite depth

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2121, 2010, Pages 2673-2694

  Fowler, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Instability theory; Mega scale glacial lineations

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STABILITY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BEDFORMS; DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY; DRUMLINS; EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; FINITE DEPTH; GLACIAL LINEATION; ICE FLOW; ICE SURFACES; INSTABILITY THEORY; INTERFACIAL INSTABILITY; NEWTONIANS; SURFACE PERTURBATIONS; TRANSVERSE INSTABILITY; WAVE FORMS;

ICE;

EID: 77957194948     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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