Geomorphological consequences of a glacier advance across a paraglacial rock avalanche deposit

Geomorphology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-120

  Cook, Simon J ^a   Porter, Philip R ^b   Bendall, Charles A ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial geomorphology; Glacial reworking; Glacial sedimentology; Moraine; Paraglacial; Rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIOLOGY; MELTWATER; MORAINE; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84875882774     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.022     Document Type: Article

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