Control of glacial quarrying by bedrock joints

Geomorphology

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-101

  Hooyer, Thomas S ^a   Cohen, Denis ^b   Iverson, Neal R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedrock joints; Glacial erosion; Glacial quarrying; Quarrying models

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BEDROCK; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER; LITHOLOGY; QUARRYING; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84859426594     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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