Formation of mega-scale glacial lineations on the Dubawnt Lake Ice Stream bed: 1. size, shape and spacing from a large remote sensing dataset

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 190-209

  Stokes, C R ^a   Spagnolo, M ^b   Clark, C D ^c   O Cofaigh C ^a   Lian, O B ^d   Dunstone, R B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ice stream; Mega scale glacial lineations; Subglacial bedforms

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; ELONGATION RATIO; EROSIONAL PROCESS; GLACIAL LINEATION; ICE STREAMS; ICE VELOCITY; STREAMBEDS; SUBGLACIAL DEFORMATIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LAKES; PARALLEL FLOW; REMOTE SENSING;

ICE;

BEDFORM; DATA SET; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; LINEATION; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

CANADA; DUBAWNT LAKE;

EID: 84883743285     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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