Morphological and morphometric analyses of drumlin bedforms in the Omagh Basin, north central Ireland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-266

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedform variability; Drumlinization; Drumlins

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DRUMLIN; GLACIAL LANDFORM;

UK, NORTHERN IRELAND, OMAGH BASIN;

EID: 0031399475     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00021     Document Type: Article

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