A morphological, sedimentological and geophysical investigation of the Woore Moraine, Shropshire, England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-244

  Parkes, Aidan A ^a   Waller, Richard I ^a   Knight, Peter G ^a   Stimpson, Ian G ^a   Schofield, David I ^b   Mason, Keith T ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Irish ice sheet; Electrical resistivity tomography; Push moraines

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEVENSIAN; DIAMICTON; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOTECTONICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PUSH MORAINE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

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

EID: 71749115764     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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