Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of an ice-contact glacial lake succession: an example from the late Devensian of southwest Wales, UK

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 739-762

  Etienne, James L ^a,b   Jansson, Krister N ^a,c   Glasser, Neil F ^a   Hambrey, Michael J ^a   Davies, Jeremy R ^d   Waters, Richard A ^d   Maltman, Alex J ^a   Wilby, Philip R ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; GRAVITATION; ICE; LAKES; RIVERS;

GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS; GLACIOMARINE CONDITIONS; ICEBERG RAFTING; POST-DEPOSITIONAL STRUCTURES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOTURBATION; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEVENSIAN; EVOLUTION; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GRAVITY FLOW; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CEREDIGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRISH SEA; SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645977194     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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