Channel form, bed material and sediment sources of the Sprongdola, southern Norway: evidence for a distinct periglaciofluvial system

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-36

  McEwen, Lindsey J ^b   Matthews, John A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; FROST SHATTERING; PERIGLACIO-FLUVIAL SYSTEM; SEDIMENT SOURCE;

NORWAY; SPRONGDOLA;

EID: 0031751219     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1998.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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