Origin and de-icing of multiple generations of ice-cored moraines at Brúarjökull, Iceland

Boreas

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-425

  Schomacker, Anders ^a   Kjaer, Kurt H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRUMLIN; ESKER; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER SURGE; ICE CORE; ICE COVER; MORAINE; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC; BRUARJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 36248968606     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009480701213554     Document Type: Article

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