Architecture and sedimentation of outwash fans in front of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, Iceland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 139-163

  Kjær, Kurt H ^a   Sultan, Lina ^a   Krüger, Johannes ^b   Schomacker, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hochsander; Iceland; M rdalsj kull; Outwash fans; Sediment architecture; Supraglacial

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; OUTWASH; SEDIMENTATION; SHEET FLOW;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; MYRDALSJOKULL; WORLD;

EID: 7544225097     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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