The topography of drumlins; assessing their long profile shape

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 790-804

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Drumlins; Longitudinal profile; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; AVERAGE PROFILES; BRITISH ISLES; DOWNFLOW; DRUMLINS; ICE FLOW; LONG-PROFILE; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION LEVELS; SLOPE ANGLES;

ICE;

DRUMLIN; ICE FLOW; MORPHOMETRY; SLOPE ANGLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955608526     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2107     Document Type: Article

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