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Esker Formation

Esker Formation is a glacial sedimentation process that involves the deposition of stratified sand and gravel within subglacial or englacial meltwater tunnels, distinguishing it from other glacial depositional landforms by its linear, ridge-like morphology and fluvial origin beneath glacial ice.

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Subglacial drainage, eskers, and deforming beds beneath the Laurentide and Eurasian ice sheets

Peter U. Clark, Joseph S. Walder · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1994 · 302 citations

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Esker characteristics in terms of glacier physics, Katahdin esker system, Maine

Ronald L. Shreve · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1985 · 248 citations

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Macroforms, large bedforms and rhythmic sedimentary sequences in subglacial eskers, south-central Ontario: implications for esker genesis and meltwater regime

Tracy A. Brennand · Sedimentary Geology · 1994 · 168 citations

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Morphometry and pattern of a large sample (>20,000) of Canadian eskers and implications for subglacial drainage beneath ice sheets

Robert D. Storrar, Chris R. Stokes, David J. A. Evans · Quaternary Science Reviews · 2014 · 138 citations · Full text

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Drainage beneath ice sheets: groundwater–channel coupling, and the origin of esker systems from former ice sheets

Geoffrey Boulton, Magnus Hagdorn, P.B. Maillot et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews · 2008 · 133 citations

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Authors

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  1. RD
    Robert D. Storrar

    Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 313 citations

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  2. DJ
    David J. A. Evans

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 323 citations

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  3. MJ
    Matthew J. Burke

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 177 citations

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  4. SJ
    Stephen J. Livingstone

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 106 citations

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  5. TA
    Tracy A. Brennand

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    3 publications · 253 citations

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  1. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    878 citations

  2. Sheffield Hallam University

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    127 citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    388 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    114 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    454 citations

  7. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    352 citations

  8. Natural Resources Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    89 citations

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  1. Boreas

    8 publications · 325 citations

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  2. Quaternary Science Reviews

    8 publications · 639 citations

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  3. Journal of Glaciology

    5 publications · 155 citations

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  4. Geomorphology

    4 publications · 89 citations

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  5. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    3 publications · 586 citations

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