Sedimentology of proglacial rivers in Eastern Scotland during the Late Devensian

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-171

  Marren, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Braided fluvial architecture; Glacial meltwater discharge regimes; Proglacial sediments

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; DEVENSIAN; MELTWATER; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HOWE OF FIFE; LUNAN VALLEY; SCOTLAND (FIFE); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035573355     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300000110     Document Type: Article

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