The sedimentary and structural evolution of a recent push moraine complex: Holmstrombreen, Spitsbergen

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-371

  Boulton, G S ^a   Van der Meer, J J M ^b   Beets, D J ^c   Hart, J K ^d   Ruegg, G H J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PUSH MORAINE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033106183     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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