A reassessment of the role of ice sheet glaciation in the long-term evolution of the East Greenland fjord region

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 109-125

  Swift, Darrel A ^a   Persano, Cristina ^a   Stuart, Finlay M ^b   Gallagher, Kerry ^c   Whitham, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite He thermochronometry; Denudation; Glacial erosion; Greenland; Ice sheet glaciation; Landscape evolution

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DENUDATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 41649111300     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.048     Document Type: Article

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