Dropstones: Their origin and significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 331-339

  Bennett, Matthew R ^a   Doyle, Peter ^a   Mather, Anne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPSTONE; ENTRAINMENT; ICE RAFTING; PALAEOCLIMATIC INDICATOR; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029750536     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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