Inner gorges cut by subglacial meltwater during Fennoscandian ice sheet decay

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jansen, J D ^a,b   Codilean, A T ^b,c   Stroeven, A P ^a   Fabel, D ^d   Hattestrand C ^a   Kleman, J ^a   Harbor, J M ^a,e   Heyman, J ^a   Kubik, P W ^f   Xu, S ^g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BEDROCK; COSMIC RAY; EROSION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; MELTING; MELTWATER; POSTGLACIAL; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; ICE SHEET; MELTING POINT; RIVER; SCANDINAVIA;

FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 84902258874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4815     Document Type: Article

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