Subaerial terminoglacial fans III: Overview of sedimentary characteristics and depositional model

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-107

  Zielinski T ^a   Van Loon, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Geocom   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depositional model; Facies analysis; Glacial fan; Poland; Terminoglacial zone; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0343932924     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021600     Document Type: Article

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