Using the surface profiles of modern ice masses to inform palaeo-glacier reconstructions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3240-3255

  Ng, Felix S L ^a   Barr, Iestyn D ^a   Clark, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED TOPOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTORS; GLACIAL LANDSCAPES; ICE FLOW; ICE MASS; ICE SHEET; ICE SURFACES; ICE-CAPS; KAMCHATKA; LENGTH SCALE; PROFILE SHAPES; SURFACE PROFILES; TWO PARAMETER;

ASPECT RATIO; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; REPAIR;

ICE;

DATA SET; ICE CAP; ICE FLOW; MORAINE; MORPHOMETRY; RECONSTRUCTION; VALLEY GLACIER;

KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77957339230     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.045     Document Type: Article

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