Tunnel valleys: Concepts and controversies - A review

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 33-58

  Kehew, Alan E ^a   Piotrowski, Jan A ^b   Jørgensen, Flemming ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glacial meltwater; Glaciation; Tunnel channel; Tunnel valley

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ICE MARGIN; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; VALLEY;

EID: 84861706217     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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