Weathering pits as indicators of the relative age of granite surfaces in the Cairngorm mountains, Scotland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-150

  Hall, Adrian Malcom ^a   Phillips, William Morton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic exposure age; Granite landform; Weathering pit

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EROSION; GRANITE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; WEATHERING;

CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845299309     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2006.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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