Essays about: "supraglacial material"

Found 3 essays containing the words supraglacial material.

  1. 1. Processes of lateral moraine formation at a debris-covered glacier, Suldenferner (Vedretta di Solda), Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Monika Rabanser; [2019]
    Keywords : Lateral moraines; Moraine genesis; Moraine stability; Debris-covered glaciers; Clast shape; Alps; Sedimentology; Glacier fluctuations; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Lateral moraines are key features of glacial landscapes in high-alpine mountain areas. Research on lateral moraine formation is mostly limited to clean-ice glaciers; lateral moraine formation at the margins of debris-covered glaciers is currently poorly understood in an Alpine and sedimentological context. READ MORE

  3. 2. A sedimentological and stratigraphical study of Veiki moraine in northernmost Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Þorbjörg Sigfúsdóttir; [2013]
    Keywords : Veiki moraine; glacial geology; Weichselian glaciation; northern Sweden; supraglacial lakes; Veikimorän; glacialgeologi; Weichselistiden; norra Sverige; supraglacial sjö; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Veiki moraine is a landform area consisting of rim-ridged subcircular hummocks and plateaus with depressions in between, mostly located within a N-S extending zone of a hummocky landscape. It is believed to have formed during the pre-late Weichselian and survived overriding by ice during the subsequent glaciations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Reconstruction of fan-shaped outwash in front of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, Iceland : architecture and style of sedimentation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Sultan; [2002]
    Keywords : alluvial fans; Hochsanders; sediment architecture; supraglacial material; tephra; lceland; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Smältvatten som transporteras från en glaciär för med sig material som kan ansamlas framför iskanten. De landformer som då bildas får olika karaktär beroende på t.ex. hur materialet transporteras dit och hur depositionen går till. READ MORE