Paraglacial rock slope failure as an agent of glacial trough widening

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 320, Issue , 2009, Pages 103-131

  Jarman, David ^a  

^a Mountain Landform Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; INFILL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; METASEDIMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEOTECTONICS; SLIDING; SLOPE FAILURE; TROUGH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349180847     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP320.8     Document Type: Article

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