Extent, age and dynamics of Marine Isotope Stage 3 glaciations in the southwestern Baltic Basin

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 343-359

  Houmark Nielsen, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIER; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TILL;

BALTIC REGION; DENMARK; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77953907611     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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