A revised chronology of key Vatnajökull (Iceland) outlet glaciers during the Little Ice Age

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2005, Pages 171-179

  McKinzey, Krista M ^a   Orwin, John F ^b   Bradwell, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 33748316496     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756405781812817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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