On the interpretation of discrete debris accumulations associated with glaciers with special reference to the British Isles

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 320, Issue , 2009, Pages 85-102

  Whalley, W Brian ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER; MORAINE; ROCK GLACIER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349197723     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP320.7     Document Type: Article

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