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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Mathews, W. H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 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