Identifying moraine surfaces with similar histories using lichen size distributions and the U2 statistic, Southeast Iceland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 90 A, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-164

  Orwin, John F ^a   Mckinzey, Krista M ^b   Stephens, Michael A ^c   Dugmore, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iceland; Lichenometry; Lichens; Moraines; U2 statistic

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; ICE MARGIN; LICHEN; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MASS BALANCE; MORAINE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 44849122235     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2008.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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