Exhumed erosional landforms of the Late Palaeozoic glaciation in northern Ethiopia: Indicators of ice-flow direction, palaeolandscape and regional ice dynamics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 356-369

  Bussert, Robert ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erosion; Glacial; Ice movement; Late Palaeozoic glaciation; Northern Ethiopia; Palaeolandforms

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PALEOZOIC; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77954952835     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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