The last glaciers of Greece

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-61

  Hughes, Philip D ^a   Woodward, Jamie C ^a   Gibbard, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; ROCK GLACIER;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; PINDUS MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AQUILA;

EID: 33645789056     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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