Subglacial and subaqueous processes near a glacier grounding line: Sedimentological evidence from a former ice-dammed lake, Achnasheen Scotland

Boreas

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-36

  Benn, Douglas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALVING; GLACIER GROUNDING LINE; ICE DAMMED LAKE; MELTWATER TRANSPORT; SUBAQUEOUS PROCESSES; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUBGLACIAL TILL DEFORMATION;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS, ACHNASHEEN;

EID: 0030482625     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1996.tb00832.x     Document Type: Article

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