Do subglacial bedforms comprise a size and shape continuum?

Geomorphology

Volumn 257, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-119

  Ely, Jeremy C ^a   Clark, Chris D ^a   Spagnolo, Matteo ^b   Stokes, Chris R ^c   Greenwood, Sarah L ^d   Hughes, Anna L C ^e   Dunlop, Paul ^f   Hess, Dale ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Flutes; Ribbed moraine; Subglacial bedforms

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DRUMLIN; GLACIAL LANDFORM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

EID: 84953897110     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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