Morphology and sedimentology of a high-arctic esker system: Vegbreen, Svalbard

Boreas

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-273

  Huddart, David ^a   Bennett, Matthew R ^b   Glasser, Neil F ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ESKER; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; VEGBREEN;

EID: 0033150673     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1999.tb00219.x     Document Type: Article

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