Paraglacial translational slides and erosion of monoclinal ridges in Western Sutherland, Scottish Highlands;Les glissements translationnels paraglaciaires et l'évolution des grands reliefs monoclinaux du Sutherland occidental (Highlands d'Ecosse)

Bulletin d'Association de Geographes Francais

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-152

  Sellier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Monoclinal ridges; Paraglacial processes; Quartzite; Scottish Highlands; Structural control; Translational slides

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIOLOGY; ICE RIDGE; LANDSLIDE; QUARTZITE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SLOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SUTHERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49649122041     PISSN: 00045322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/bagf.2008.2607     Document Type: Article

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