Particle and aggregate mobility in till: Microscopic evidence of subglacial processes

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 827-831

  Van Der Meer, Jaap J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL PROCESSES; TILL;

EID: 0031444360     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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