The formation of sawtooth moraine ridges in Bødalen, western Norway

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 182-192

  Burki, Valentin ^a,b   Larsen, Eiliv ^a   Fredin, Ola ^a,b   Margreth, Aninna ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Sieber Cassina + Handke AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacier crevasses; Ice margin; Little Ice Age; Moraine formation; Sawtooth moraine

Indexed keywords

CREVASSE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE MARGIN; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; STRESS FIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 60349093623     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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