Glacier retreat and landform production on an overdeepened glacier foreland: The debris-charged glacial landsystem at Kvíárjökull, Iceland

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1584-1602

  Bennett, Georgina L ^a,b   Evans, David J A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Debris charged glacier landsystem; Incremental stagnation; Overdeepening

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; DEBRIS-CHARGED GLACIER LANDSYSTEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; GLACIER RECESSION; GLACIER RETREAT; HUMMOCKY MORAINES; ICE MASS; ICELANDIC GLACIERS; ICELANDS; INCREMENTAL STAGNATION; MASS BALANCE; OVERDEEPENING; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; SURFACE LOWERING; TOPOGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS;

DEBRIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SURVEYING;

ICE;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORAINE;

ICELAND;

EID: 84872382516     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3259     Document Type: Article

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