Proglacial sediment-landform associations of a polythermal glacier: Storglaciären, northern Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-164

  Etienne, James L ^a   Glasser, Neil F ^a   Hambrey, Michael J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Glacier dynamics; Proglacial landforms; Storglaci ren

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SAND AND GRAVEL;

STORGLACIAREN; SWEDEN;

EID: 0042354675     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00195     Document Type: Article

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