Drumlins and the dynamics of the subglacial environment

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bedform morphometry; Drumlins; Flutes; Glacier dynamics; Subglacial processes

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS;

DRUMLINS; FLUTES; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRY; SUBGLACIAL PROCESS;

LANDFORMS;

BEDFORM; DRUMLIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78249252067     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.10.001     Document Type: Editorial

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