Scales and rates of glacial sediment removal: A 20 km long, 300m deep trench created beneath Breiamerkurjökull during the Little Ice Age

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 22, Issue , 1996, Pages 141-146

  Björnsson, Helgi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER ADVANCE; ICE CAP; LAKE BASIN; LITTLE ICE AGE; PROGLACIAL LAKE; SEDIMENT REMOVAL;

ICELAND, BREIDAMERKURJOKULL;

EID: 0030426001     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0260305500015330     Document Type: Article

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