Relative surface age-dating of rock glacier systems near Hólar in Hjaltadalur, northern Iceland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-151

  Kellerer Pirklbauer, Andreas ^a,b   Wangensteen, Bjørn ^c,d   Farbrot, Herman ^c   Etzelmüller, Bernd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d TerraTec A/S   (Norway)

Author keywords

Holocene; Iceland; Photogrammetry; Rock glacier dating; Schidt hammer

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ROCK GLACIER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 39449094534     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1117     Document Type: Article

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