Geomorphology: Where glaciers cut deep
Abstract
Stunning images of fjords are familiar to geologists, but their origins are less well known. A simple model suggests that topographic steering of ice and erosion proportional to ice discharge are sufficient to explain fjord formation during the Quaternary period.
- Publication:
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- June 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1038/ngeo210
- Bibcode:
- 2008NatGe...1..343K