GLACIOFLUVIAL LANDFORMS

John A. Matthews

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GLACIOFLUVIAL LANDFORMS

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John A. Matthews
In:Encyclopedia of Environmental Change
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446247501.n1709
Subject:Environmental Sciences (general), Environmental Technology, Policy & Management

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landforms that result from the action of glacial meltwater in supraglacial, subglacial, ice-marginal and proglacial positions. Landforms produced by glaciofluvial erosion include meltwater channels (ice marginal, submarginal, subglacial, lake-overflow or overspill and proglacial), tunnel valleys and p-forms (various sculpted bedrock features). Depositional forms include valley trains and outwash plains (see outwash deposit and sandur), kames, kame terraces and eskers.

Matthew R.BennettBournemouth University

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