Bedrock controls on subglacial landform distribution and geomorphological processes: Evidence from the Late Devensian Irish Sea Ice Stream

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 98-118

  Phillips, Emrys ^a   Everest, Jez ^a   Diaz Doce, Diego ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedrock geology; Irish Sea Ice Stream; Landform distribution; Subglacial landforms

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK GEOLOGY; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; IRISH SEA; SCOTLAND; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SUBGLACIAL LANDFORMS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ICE CONTROL;

BEDROCK; DEVENSIAN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; LITHOLOGY; SEA ICE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALLOWAY; IRISH SEA; ISLE OF ANGLESEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 78249260959     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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