Subaerial terminoglacial fans I: A semi-quantitative sedimentological analysis of the proximal environment

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Zielinski T ^a   Van Loon, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Geocom   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Glacial fan; Poland; Vistulian; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE MARGIN;

POLAND;

EID: 3843107848     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003535101480     Document Type: Article

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