Basal ice facies: a review and unifying approach

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 1956-1969

  Hubbard, Bryn ^a   Cook, Simon ^a   Coulson, Hayley ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; BUBBLE CHARACTERISTICS; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION; GENETIC APPROACH; ICE MASS; ICE PROPERTIES; ICE TYPE; SUB-LAYERS;

DEBRIS;

ICE;

BASAL ICE; FACIES; GLACIAL DEBRIS; HOLOCENE; ICE THICKNESS;

EID: 68349142919     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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