Late Holocene solifluction history reconstructed using tephrochronology

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 242, Issue , 2005, Pages 145-155

  Kirkbride, Martin P ^a   Dugmore, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOTURBATION; HOLOCENE; MASS MOVEMENT; PERMAFROST; SOLIFLUCTION; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 19344369263     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.242.01.13     Document Type: Article

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