Asynchronous Little Ice Age glacial maximum extent in southeast Iceland

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Chenet, Marie ^a   Roussel, Erwan ^b   Jomelli, Vincent ^a   Grancher, Delphine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Laboratoire de geographie physique et environnementale Clermont Ferrand   (France)

Author keywords

Dating; Glacier; Iceland; Lichenometry; Little Ice Age

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYPSOMETRY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70549104886     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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