Connectivity analyses of valley patterns indicate preservation of a preglacial fluvial valley system in the Dyfi basin, Wales

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-255

  Sahlin, Eva A U ^a   Glasser, Neil F ^b   Jansson, Krister N ^c   Hambrey, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dyfi; Glacial erosion; Palaeoglaciological reconstruction; Preglacial drainage pattern; Valley connectivity; Wales

Indexed keywords

DEVENSIAN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; MELTWATER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; VALLEY; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749116816     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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