Sliding, Drainage and Subglacial Geomorphology

Authors :: Andrew C. Fowler
Felix Ng
Source :: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment ISBN: 9783030425821
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Springer International Publishing, 2020.
Abstract: Complex processes occur at the base of glaciers and ice sheets that influence their flow and hydrological behaviour and determine the landforms left behind by glaciation. This chapter considers mathematical models of basal sliding, subglacial water drainage and till deformation, and introduces various subglacial landforms due to the interaction of ice, water and sediment. The treatment extends to models of large-scale phenomena including glacier outburst floods and glacier surges.

Subjects :: geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Landform
Sediment
Basal sliding
Glacier
Glacial period
Ice sheet
Drainage
Left behind
Geomorphology
Geology

ISBN :: 978-3-030-42582-1
ISBNs :: 9783030425821
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment ISBN: 9783030425821
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........0d10cc37369ae5e1fffd76feba9223d6
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42584-5_3