Holocene reworking of drift-mantled hillslopes in the Scottish Highlands

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-541

  Curry, Alastalr M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Glacigenic drift; Palaeosols; Reworking; Scotland

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOSOL; REWORKING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033886125     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200007)15:5<529::AID-JQS531>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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