Endolithic lichens, rapid biological weathering and schmidt hammer r-values on recently exposed rock surfaces: Storbreen glacier foreland, jotunheimen, Norway

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-297

  Matthews, John A ^a   Owen, Geriant ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological weathering; Endolithic lichen; Exposure age dating; Glacier foreland; Norway; Periglacial environments; Schmidt hammer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; BOULDER; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; LICHEN; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ROCK GLACIER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JOTUNHEIMEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; STORBREEN;

LECIDEA;

EID: 57649233962     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2008.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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