Annual moraines and summer temperatures at Lambatungnajökull, Iceland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 502-508

  Bradwell, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MORAINE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 15044340421     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0502:AMASTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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