On the size and shape of drumlins

GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-165

  Fowler, A C ^a,b   Spagnolo, M ^c   Clark, C D ^d   Stokes, C R ^e   Hughes, A L C ^f   Dunlop, P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Instability theory; Size and shape

Indexed keywords

COARSENING PROCESS; DRUMLINS; GROWTH PROCESS; INSTABILITY THEORY; SIZE AND SHAPE; SMALL AMPLITUDE; WAVE FORMS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

LANDFORMS;

DRUMLIN; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE; SHAPE; SIZE;

EID: 84886793765     PISSN: 18692672     EISSN: 18692680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13137-013-0050-0     Document Type: Article

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