A comparison of the lichenometric and Schmidt hammer dating techniques based on data from the proglacial areas of some Icelandic glaciers

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-41

  Evans, D J A ^a   Archer, S ^a,b   Wilson, D J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002989381     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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