An extensive late Holocene glacier advance of Kötlujökull, central south Iceland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1427-1434

  Schomacker, Anders ^a,c   Krüger, Johannes ^a   Larsen, Gudrun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c GeoBiosphere Science Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ASH LAYERS;

GLACIERS;

GLACIER ADVANCE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ICELAND; KOTLUJOKULL GLACIER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAXINUS; LIA;

EID: 0038757922     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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