Description and implications of valley moraines in upper Eskdale, Lake District

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-61

  Wilson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimlington Stade; England; Eskdale; Lake District; Late Pleistocene; Loch Lomond Stade; Moraine construction

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE MARGIN; LOCH LOMOND STADIAL; MORAINE; VALLEY;

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY; ESKDALE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442678935     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(04)80034-8     Document Type: Article

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