Digital surface models are not always representative of former glacier beds: Palaeoglaciological and geomorphological implications

Geomorphology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-33

  Finlayson, Andrew ^a,b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calving; Digital surface models; Drumlins; Glacier profile; Palaeoglaciology

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DRUMLIN; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; LAST DEGLACIATION; MORPHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877840703     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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