Meander formation in supraglacial streams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1897-1907

  Karlstrom, Leif ^a   Gajjar, Parmesh ^b   Manga, Michael ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GLACIER; MEANDER; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84887848586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20135     Document Type: Article

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