Loch Lomond Stadial glaciers in North Harris, Outer Hebrides, North-West Scotland: glacier reconstruction and palaeoclimatic implications

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages 3134-3149

  Ballantyne, Colin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SNOW;

CLIMATIC EQUILIBRIUM; GLACIER RECONSTRUCTION; LANDSYSTEMS; PALAEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS;

GLACIERS;

EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER RETREAT; LATE GLACIAL; LOCH LOMOND STADIAL; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HARRIS; LEWIS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 36849091932     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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