Increased channelization of subglacial drainage during deglaciation of the laurentide ice sheet

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-242

  Storrar, Robert D ^a   Stokes, Chris R ^a   Evans, David J A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORKS; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SUBGLACIAL CHANNELS; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER;

DRAINAGE;

GLACIERS;

CHANNELIZATION; DEGLACIATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VALLEY GLACIER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84896866870     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35092.1     Document Type: Article

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