Numerical modelling of subglacial erosion and sediment transport and its application to the North American ice sheets over the Last Glacial cycle

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-174

  Melanson, Alexandre ^a   Bell, Trevor ^b   Tarasov, Lev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal hydrology; Glacial abrasion; Glacial quarrying; Glacial system model; North American ice complex; Numerical modelling; Regelation entrainment; Sediment transport; Subglacial process model; Subglacial till deformation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; EROSION AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORTS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; NORTH AMERICAN; SEDIMENT ENTRAINMENTS; SENSITIVITY PARAMETERS; SUBGLACIAL PROCESS; SYSTEM MODELS;

ABRASION; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; METAL MELTING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ABRASION; BASAL MELTING; BEDROCK; DEFORMATION; ENTRAINMENT; EROSION; EROSION RATE; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL; MORAINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEET EROSION; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84875244802     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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