Jens Esmark, Vassryggen and early glacial theory in Britain

Mercian Geologist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-172

  Worsley, Peter ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOLOGICAL THEORY; GLACIATION; MORAINE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845763455     PISSN: 0025990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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