The 1993-1995 surge and foreland modification, Bering Glacier, Alaska

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 462, Issue , 2010, Pages 193-216

  Fleisher, P Jay ^a   Bailey, Palmer K ^b   Natel, Eric M ^c   Muller, Ernie H ^d   Cadwell, Don H ^e   Russell, Andrew ^f  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers (Retired)   (United States)

^c EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e New York State Geological Survey   (United States)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL SLIDING; BERING GLACIER , ALASKA; CONDUIT SYSTEMS; SUBGLACIAL WATERS; SURGE CYCLES;

ICE;

BASAL MELTING; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOLOGY; OUTBURST; PUSH MORAINE;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650898678     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2462(10)     Document Type: Article

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