The Brampton kame belt and Pennine escarpment meltwater channel system (Cumbria, UK): Morphology, sedimentology and formation

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-443

  Livingstone, Stephen J ^a   Evans, David J A ^a   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Hopkins, Jonathan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Irish Ice Sheet; Eskers; Glacier karst; Ice walled lake plains; Kame belt; Meltwater channels

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; ESCARPMENT; ESKER; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; KARST; KETTLE HOLE; MELTWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049515707     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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