Coupling the flow of ice, water, and sediment in a glacial landscape evolution model

Geomorphology

Volumn 141-142, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-66

  Egholm, D L ^a   Pedersen, V K ^a   Knudsen, M F ^a   Larsen, N K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Erosion; Glaciation; Hydrology; Landscape evolution; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BEDROCK; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER; HILLSLOPE; ICE FLOW; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84856501626     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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