The glacial succession in lowland Northern England

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3 Part 3, 1998, Pages 211-234

  Hughes, D B ^a   Clarke, B G ^a   Money, M S ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SUCCESSION; GLACIAL TILLS; GLACIATIONS; OPENCAST COAL MINING;

COAL MINES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0032143603     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1998.031.P3.05     Document Type: Article

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