Ventifacts – means to reconstruct glacial development and palaeo-environment in northern and central Sweden

GFF

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-324

  Lagerbäck, Robert ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Palaeo environment; Periglacial; Stratigraphic markers; T rend interstadial; Ventifacts; Wind abrasion

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ICE SHEET; INTERSTADIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; WEICHSELIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949143919     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890701294315     Document Type: Article

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