The characteristics of glacial tills from Northern England derived from a relational database

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 973-984

  Hashemi, Siamak ^a   Hughes, David B ^a   Clarke, Barry G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database; Glacial till; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GLACIERS; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

GLACIAL TILL; RELATIONAL DATABASE; SITE INVESTIGATION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DATABASE; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; SITE INVESTIGATION; TILL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747195325     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-8508-y     Document Type: Review

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