Controls on bedrock bedform development beneath the Uummannaq Ice Stream onset zone, West Greenland

Geomorphology

Volumn 231, Issue , 2015, Pages 301-313

  Lane, Timothy P ^a,b   Roberts, David H ^a   Rea, Brice R ^c   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Vieli, Andreas ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Bedrock bedform; Glacial erosion; Greenland ice sheet; Ice stream; Quarrying

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BEDFORM; BEDROCK; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LITHOLOGY; QUARRYING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; UUMMANNAQ; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84921025318     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.019     Document Type: Article

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