Paraglacial adjustment of the fluvial system to Late Pleistocene deglaciation: The Milfield Basin, northern England

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 320, Issue , 2009, Pages 145-164

  Passmore, David G ^a   Waddington, Clive ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH SERVICES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT YIELD;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349199173     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP320.10     Document Type: Review

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