The influence of topography on snowpatch distribution in Southern Iceland: A new hypothesis for glacier formation?

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 197-207

  Brown, Ian ^a,b   Ward, Rod ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; GLACIATION; GLACIER FORMATION; REGLACIATION; SNOWPATCH DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030324361     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04353676.1996.11880467     Document Type: Article

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