The architecture of a modern push-moraine at Svalbard as inferred from ground-penetrating radar measurements

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 488-495

  Lønne, Ida ^a   Lauritsen, Torleif ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER; GPR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MORAINE MORPHOLOGY; PROGLACIAL AREA; PUSH MORAINE;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, SCOTT TURNERBREEN GLACIER;

EID: 0030303145     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551859     Document Type: Article

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