Palaeoglaciology of the Welsh sector of the British-Irish Ice Sheet

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-37

  Jansson, Krister N ^a,b   Glasser, Neil F ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ice caps; Ice movement; Reconstructions; Satellite methods; Wales

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13344277978     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-009     Document Type: Article

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