Observations on terminal moraine-ridge formation during recent advances of southern Norwegian glaciers

Geomorphology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 87-106

  Winkler, Stefan ^a   Matthews, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulldozing; Marginal freezing on; Recent glacier advance; Southern Norway; Temperate glaciers; Terminal moraine formation

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIER ADVANCE; ICE CAP; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERMAFROST; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

JOSTEDALSBREEN; JOTUNHEIMEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 75749091378     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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