Ordovician paleo ice stream glacial landsytem;Mise en évidence d'une dynamique de fleuves de glace durant la glaciation ordovicienne par l'enregistrement géomorphologique

Houille Blanche

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages 79-85

  Buonscristiani, Jean Francois ^a   Guiraud, Michael ^a   Denis, Mickael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; LANDFORMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; ORDOVICIAN; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34447617708     PISSN: 00186368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lhb:2007039     Document Type: Article

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