Subaerial terminoglacial fans II: A semi-quantitative sedimentological analysis of the middle and distal environments

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-85

  Zielinski T ^a   Van Loon, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Geocom   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Fluvioglacial sedimentation; Glacial fan; Ice contact deposits; Poland; Semi quantitative analysis; Terminoglacial zone; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; WEICHSELIAN;

POLAND;

EID: 0033398618     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003862730530     Document Type: Article

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