Surface lowering of ice-cored moraine by wandering lakes.

Lakes wander when steep ice scarps retreat due to collapse and melt. Rates of wander are c.1.3m yr -1 . Rates of lowering due to lake wander on Flanders Moraine (Vestfold Hills, Antarctica) are c.0.05m yr -1 , which is comparable to rates from elsewhere attributed to different processes.-from Author

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickard, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1983
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Online Access:https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/0ff414c1-e770-4a0b-bf78-5c7e489515d4
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Summary:Lakes wander when steep ice scarps retreat due to collapse and melt. Rates of wander are c.1.3m yr -1 . Rates of lowering due to lake wander on Flanders Moraine (Vestfold Hills, Antarctica) are c.0.05m yr -1 , which is comparable to rates from elsewhere attributed to different processes.-from Author