Glaciofluvial Landforms of Deposition

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 6-17

  Carrivick, J L ^a   Russell, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Braided river; Crevasse fill ridges; Eskers; Giant gravel dunes; Gravel antidunes; Ice block obstacle marks; Kames; Outwash plains; River bars; Sandar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882989090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00083-2     Document Type: Chapter

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