Physical properties and formation of flutes at a polythermal valley glacier: Midre Lovénbreen, Svalbard

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-88

  Roberson, Sam ^a   Hubbard, Bryn ^b   Coulson, Hayley R ^b   Boomer, Ian ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ice; Flutes; Glacier

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; BOULDER; FROZEN GROUND; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIER; ICE FLOW; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79957774591     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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