The ice-dammed lakes of Ossian Sarsfjellet (Svalbard): Their geomorphology and significance

Boreas

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-43

  Bennett, Matthew R ^a   Hambrey, Michael J ^b   Huddart, David ^c   Classer, Neil F ^c   Crawford, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; ICE DAMMED LAKE; LAKE EVOLUTION; THRUST MORAINE COMPLEX; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, KONGSFJORDEN;

EID: 0031817191     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1998.tb00865.x     Document Type: Article

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