Bedforms of Thwaites glacier, west antarctica: character and origin

RB Alley, N Holschuh, DR MacAyeal… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Bedforms of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica both record and affect ice flow, as
shown by geophysical data and simple models. Thwaites Glacier flows across the tectonic …

Submarginal debris transport and till formation in active temperate glacier systems: the southeast Iceland type locality

DJA Evans, DH Roberts, JF Hiemstra, KM Nye… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Exhaustive sedimentological analysis of freshly exposed subglacial surfaces and moraines
in southern Iceland provides diagnostic sedimentological signatures of: a) debris transport …

Numerical modelling of subglacial ribs, drumlins, herringbones, and mega‐scale glacial lineations reveals their developmental trajectories and transitions

JC Ely, D Stevens, CD Clark… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Initially a matter of intellectual curiosity, but now important for understanding ice‐sheet
dynamics, the formation of subglacial bedforms has been a subject of scientific enquiry for …

The philosopher in the kitchen: the role of mathematical modelling in explaining drumlin formation

AC Fowler - Gff, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Scientific progress does not take place in a linear fashion, but often occurs through sudden
advances following years of stagnation, in the course of which quite heated battles between …

Equifinality in glacial geomorphology: instability theory examined via ribbed moraine and drumlins in Sweden

P Möller, TPF Dowling - Gff, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
A contemporary trend in glacial geomorphology is the quest for a unifying theory of drumlin
and ribbed moraine formation. Three Swedish example areas of each are here newly …

A theoretical model of drumlin formation based on observations at Múlajökull, Iceland

NR Iverson, RG McCracken, LK Zoet… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The drumlin field at the surge‐type glacier, Múlajökull, provides an unusual opportunity to
build a model of drumlin formation based on field observations in a modern drumlin‐forming …

Genesis of glacial flutes inferred from observations at Múlajökull, Iceland

LRW Ives, NR Iverson - Geology, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Flutes are flow-parallel till ridges that form subglacially and are conspicuous geomorphic
indicators of slip at glacier beds. Flutes commonly have a boulder at their head, lodged in …

Spatial organization of drumlins

CD Clark, JC Ely, M Spagnolo, U Hahn… - Earth Surface …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ice‐sheets flowing over soft sediments produce undulations in the bed, typically of metres in
relief, of which drumlins are the most abundant and widely investigated. Consensus …

An erosional origin for drumlins of NW Poland

P Hermanowski, JA Piotrowski… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Drumlins are landforms essential to understanding of ice sheet movement over soft beds,
sediment transport along the ice/bed interface, and the formation of a wide range of glacial …

Drumlins in the Nordenskiöldbreen forefield, Svalbard

L Allaart, N Friis, Ó Ingólfsson, L Håkansson… - Gff, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The study of glacial landforms is important for understanding past subglacial processes and
dynamics. The Nordenskiöldbreen forefield hosts numerous streamlined landforms resulting …