Kierman: controls of Glacial Environment
• Glacier Variables – ice temperature, glacier morphology, glacier consaint, glacier gradient, glacier movement & velocity, ice thickness, glacial processes
• Bedrock variables:- lithology, structure, orogenic & tectonic history, bedrock preparation, glacial sediment
• Topographic variables:- periglacial topography, contemporaneous topography, post glacial topography
• Temporal variables:- duration of glaciation, number of glacial stages
Source
Murray Gray: GeoDiversity Valuing & conserving Aboitic Nature
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