Deepening of inner gorges through subglacial meltwater - An example from the UNESCO Entlebuch area, Switzerland

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 506-517

  Dürst Stucki, Mirjam ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^a   Christener, Fabian ^a   Otto, Jan Christoph ^b   Götz, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Inner gorge; Subalpine Molasse; Subglacial meltwater erosion

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GORGE; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; MOLASSE; MORAINE; OVERBURDEN; SCOUR; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TALUS; WATER EROSION;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

EID: 84855992996     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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