Sediments and landforms at Kvíárjökull, southeast Iceland: A reappraisal of the glaciated valley landsystem

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 21-42

  Spedding, Nick ^a   Evans, David J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaciers; Iceland; Landsystems; Moraines; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; MORAINE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ICELAND;

EID: 0036274355     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00242-1     Document Type: Article

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