The Kregnes moraine in Gauldalen, west-central Norway: Anatomy of a Younger Dryas proglacial delta in a palaeofjord basin

Boreas

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 454-476

  Nemec, W ^a   Lønne, Ida ^b   Blikra, Lars H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; MORAINE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GAULDALEN; NORWAY;

EID: 0033395330     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1999.tb00234.x     Document Type: Article

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