An ice-sheet scale comparison of eskers with modelled subglacial drainage routes

Geomorphology

Volumn 246, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-112

  Livingstone, Stephen J ^a   Storrar, Robert D ^b   Hillier, John K ^c   Stokes, Chris R ^d   Clark, Chris D ^a   Tarasov, Lev ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conduits; Esker; Ice sheet; Numerical modelling; Subglacial drainage

Indexed keywords

ESKER; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84931274532     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.016     Document Type: Article

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