Sedimentary signatures of basal ice formation and their preservation in ice-marginal sediments

Geomorphology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-131

  Cook, Simon J ^a   Graham, David J ^b   Swift, Darrel A ^c   Midgley, Nicholas G ^d   Adam, William G ^e  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ice; Glaciohydraulic supercooling; Ice marginal sediments; Melt out till; Quaternary; Regelation; Subglacial sediment

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; BASAL MELTING; ICE MARGIN; QUATERNARY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUPERCOOLING;

ICELAND; SVINAFELLSJOKULL;

EID: 78349308115     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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