Re-dating the moraines at Skálafells-Jökull and Heinabergsjökull using different lichenometric methods: Implications for the timing of the Icelandic Little Ice Age maximum

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-335

  McKinzey, Krista M ^a   Orwin, John F ^b   Bradwell, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Glacier fluctuations; Iceland; Lichenometry; Little Ice Age

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL; WORLD;

EID: 11044230766     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2004.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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