Seafloor glacial features reveal the extent and decay of the last British Ice Sheet, east of Scotland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-138

  Graham, Alastair G C ^a,c   Lonergan, Lidia ^a   Stoker, Martyn S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D seismic; British Ice Sheet; Deglaciation; Glacial geomorphology; Moraines

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; WEICHSELIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61849084792     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1218     Document Type: Article

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