A reconstruction of the last glacial maximum (LGM) ice-surface geometry in the western Swiss Alps and contiguous Alpine regions in Italy and France

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-75

  Kelly, Meredith A ^a   Buoncristiani, Jean François ^b   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Geographic information system (GIS); Glacial trimline; Ice erosional features; Last glacial maximum(LGM); Paleoglaciology; Western Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SURFACE LAYER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 3242892257     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-004-1109-6     Document Type: Article

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