The glacial history of the Pindus Mountains, Greece

Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-434

  Hughes, Philip D ^a   Woodward, J C ^a   Gibbard, P L ^a,b   Macklin, M G ^a,c   Gilmour, M A ^a,d   Smith, G R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; GLACIER; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PINDUS MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745804627     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504177     Document Type: Article

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