High-energy sedimentation, Creag Aoil, Spean Bridge, Scotland: Implications for meltwater movement and storage during Loch Lomond Stadial (Younger Dryas) ice retreat

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-430

  Russell, Andrew J ^a   Tweed, Fiona S ^b   Harris, Tim ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice dammed lake; Ice push structures; J kulhlaups; Scotland; Subaqueous outwash

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; JOKULHLAUP; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOCH LOMOND STADIAL; OUTWASH; SAND AND GRAVEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

SPEA;

EID: 0042769318     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.761     Document Type: Article

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