10 Mýrdalsjökull's Forefields Under the Microscope. The Micromorphology of Meltout and Subglacial Tills

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2010, Pages 159-180

  van der Meer, Jaap J M ^a   Carr, Simon J ^a   Kjær, Kurt H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

deforming bed; Iceland; meltout sediments; micromorphology; subglacial till

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249096254     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(09)01310-4     Document Type: Review

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