Subglacial processes of the Scandinavian ice sheet in Fennoscandia inferred from flow-parallel features and lithostratigraphy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 263-283

  Punkari, Mikko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glacial geology; Ice streams; Scandinavian Ice Sheet; Subglacial processes; Till; Weichselian glaciation

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL PROCESSES; WEICHSELIAN;

FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 0031442662     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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