Ice flow-unit influence on glacier structure, debris entrainment and transport

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1279-1292

  Jennings, Stephen ^a   Hambrey, Michael ^a   Glasser, Neil ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris entrainment and transport; Flow unit; Glacier structure; Swiss Alps; Vadrec del Forno

Indexed keywords

ICE; PLASTIC FLOW; ROCK BURSTS;

ALPINE VALLEYS; DEBRIS CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW UNIT; GLACIAL DEBRIS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE CONTROL; SWISS ALPS; VADREC DEL FORNO;

DEBRIS;

DEBRIS FLOW; ENTRAINMENT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; ICE FLOW; ICE MARGIN; STRATIFICATION; UNIAXIAL TEST;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84905037723     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3521     Document Type: Article

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