Geomorphological signature and flow dynamics of The Minch palaeo-ice stream, northwest Scotland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 609-617

  Bradwell, Tom ^a   Stoker, Martyn ^a   Larter, Rob ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Irish Ice Sheet; Late Devensian; Palaeo glaciology; Subglacial bedforms

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DEVENSIAN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; LINEATION; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548403897     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1080     Document Type: Article

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