A polygenetic landform at Stígá, Öræfajökull, southern Iceland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-154

  Harris, Tim ^a   Tweed, Fiona S ^a   Knudsen, Óskar ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Klettur Consulting Engineers   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Environmental reconstruction; Glacial; Periglacial; Polygenetic

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORAINE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 3042771967     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2004.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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