Geological controls on Pleistocene glaciation and cirque form in Greece

Geomorphology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 242-253

  Hughes, P D ^a   Gibbard, P L ^b   Woodward, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirques; Glaciation; Greece; Limestone; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CIRQUE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GLACIER; LIMESTONE; OPHIOLITE; PLEISTOCENE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TERRAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249869568     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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