Morphological characteristics, formation and glaciological significance of Rogen moraine in northern Scotland

Geomorphology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-617

  Finlayson, Andrew G ^a   Bradwell, Tom ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital surface models; Ice stream; Ice flow velocity; Transverse ridges

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; MORAINE; MORPHOMETRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53049091261     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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