Aeolian deposits on a Scottish mountain summit: characteristics, provenance, history and significance

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 625-641

  Ballantyne, Colin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; ROCKWALL RETREAT;

HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031789304     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199807)23:7<625::AID-ESP874>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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