Rock Avalanches on Glaciers: Processes and Implications
This thesis examines the role of rock avalanches in tectonically active terrains including the effects of the deposits on glacier behaviour and their contribution to moraine formation. The chronologies of mountain glacier fluctuations, based on moraine ages, are widely used to infer regional climate...
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University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6524 |