Circular moraine features on the Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway, and their possible relation to polythermal ice sheet coverage

Geomorphology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 159-168

  Ebert, Karin ^a   Kleman, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circular moraine features; Ice sheet coverage; Varanger Peninsula

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE SHEET; MORAINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; VARANGER PENINSULA;

EID: 4544269748     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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