Water‐eroded crescentic scours and furrows associated with subglacial flutes at Breidamerkurjökull, Iceland

Several subglacially formed short flutes show crescentic scours around the boulders at their proximal end and furrows along their sides. The crescentic scours and furrows are partly filled by sorted sand and gravel. and it is suggested here that they were formed by fast flowing, turbulent meltwater...

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Published in:Boreas
Main Author: DREIMANIS, ALEKSIS
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1993
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Iceland
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spelling crwiley:10.1111/j.1502-3885.1993.tb00170.x 2024-09-15T18:13:21+00:00 Water‐eroded crescentic scours and furrows associated with subglacial flutes at Breidamerkurjökull, Iceland DREIMANIS, ALEKSIS 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1993.tb00170.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1993.tb00170.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1993.tb00170.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Boreas volume 22, issue 2, page 110-112 ISSN 0300-9483 1502-3885 journal-article 1993 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1993.tb00170.x 2024-07-25T04:19:27Z Several subglacially formed short flutes show crescentic scours around the boulders at their proximal end and furrows along their sides. The crescentic scours and furrows are partly filled by sorted sand and gravel. and it is suggested here that they were formed by fast flowing, turbulent meltwater in the subglacial cavity where the flute was formed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Boreas 22 2 110 112
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description Several subglacially formed short flutes show crescentic scours around the boulders at their proximal end and furrows along their sides. The crescentic scours and furrows are partly filled by sorted sand and gravel. and it is suggested here that they were formed by fast flowing, turbulent meltwater in the subglacial cavity where the flute was formed.
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title Water‐eroded crescentic scours and furrows associated with subglacial flutes at Breidamerkurjökull, Iceland
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title_full Water‐eroded crescentic scours and furrows associated with subglacial flutes at Breidamerkurjökull, Iceland
title_fullStr Water‐eroded crescentic scours and furrows associated with subglacial flutes at Breidamerkurjökull, Iceland
title_full_unstemmed Water‐eroded crescentic scours and furrows associated with subglacial flutes at Breidamerkurjökull, Iceland
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