Push‐moraines and glacier‐contact fans in marine and terrestrial environments

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Author: BOULTON, G. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1986
• Subjects: Baffin Island; Marine Glacier; Baffin; glacier; Iceland; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1986.tb01969.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1986.tb01969.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1986.tb01969.x

ABSTRACT The local climatic regime and the mass balance state are important determinants of the dynamics of terrestrial and marine glacier fronts, which in turn determine the sediments and landforms produced at the glacier front. Many modern glaciers undergoing overall retreat in areas of‘maritime’c...