Controls on the location, morphology and evolution of complex esker systems at decadal timescales, Breidamerkurjökull, southeast Iceland

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1421-1438

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

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breidamerkurj kull; Esker; Glacial geomorphology; Iceland; Landform; Meltwater

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CHANNEL COUPLING; ESKER; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICELANDS; LEVEL OF DETAIL; LONG-TERM MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONS; MELTWATER; MELTWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM;

ICE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ESKER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; MAPPING; MELTWATER; MORAINE; OUTWASH;

BREIDAMERKURJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84941803395     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3725     Document Type: Article

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