Moraine exposure dates imply synchronous younger Dryas Glacier advances in the European Alps and in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-323

  Ivy Ochs, Susan ^a,b   Schlüchter, Christian ^a   Kubik, Peter W ^b   Denton, George H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER ADVANCE; MORAINE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALPS; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0345281590     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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