The active temperate glacial landsystem: A model based on Breicrossed d signamerkurjökull and Fjallsjökull, Iceland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 20-22, 2002, Pages 2143-2177

  Evans, David J A ^a   Twigg, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LANDSYSTEMS;

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIER RETREAT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0038375007     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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