The formation of subglacial streams and mega-scale glacial lineations

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

Volumn 466, Issue 2123, 2010, Pages 3181-3201

  Fowler, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Instability; Mega scale glacial lineations; Megaflutes; Stream formation

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDRAULICS;

BEDFORMS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FILM FLOWS; GLACIAL LINEATION; INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY THEORY; MEGAFLUTES; STREAM FORMATION;

STABILITY;

EID: 78149287264     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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