Surface profiles of the laurentide ice sheet in its marginal areas
Surface slopes of ice lobes can be estimated from the gradients of their margins as shown by ice limits, by contemporaneous recessional moraines, or by lateral melt-water channels, with allowance being made for the dip of an ice lobe laterally, as well as forward, toward its extremities. Profiles ca...
Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1974
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023352 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000023352 |