The 1890 surge end moraine at Eyjabakkajökull, Iceland: a re-assessment of a classic glaciotectonic locality

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 484-506

  Benediktsson, Í Ö ^a   Schomacker, A ^a   Lokrantz, H ^b   Ingólfsson, Ó ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Bergab   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; END MORAINE; ENDMEMBERS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGH AMPLITUDES; ICELANDS; LOW-AMPLITUDE; NEW MODEL; PROGLACIAL; SEDIMENT WEDGE; STRUCTURAL STYLES; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT; TERMINAL POSITION; TIME FRAME;

GLACIERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEDROCK; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOTECTONICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MORAINE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 75049085739     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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