Modification of peripheral mountain ranges by former ice sheets: The Brecon Beacons, Southern UK

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 178-189

  Jansson, Krister N ^a   Glasser, Neil F ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brecon Beacons; British Irish Ice Sheet; Cold based ice; Glacial erosion; Ice sheet reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOUNTAIN REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BRECON BEACONS; EURASIA; EUROPE; POWYS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41649122075     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.041     Document Type: Article

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