Sedimentology of cold-climate aeolian sandsheet deposits in the Askja region of northeast Iceland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-244

  Mountney, Nigel P ^a   Russell, Andrew J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Askja; Cold climate; Iceland; Megaripple; Sandsheet

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC; ASKJA; ICELAND;

EID: 2142675556     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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