The planar shape of drumlins

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 119-129

  Spagnolo, Matteo ^a   Clark, Chris D ^b   Hughes, Anna L C ^c   Dunlop, Paul ^d   Stokes, Chris R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drumlin; GIS; Glacial geomorphology; Lemniscate loop; Planar shape; Quantitative geomorphology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DRUMLIN; GIS; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEMNISCATE LOOP; PLANAR SHAPE; QUANTITATIVE GEOMORPHOLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; TOOLS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DRUMLIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 78249240342     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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