Basin-scale patterns of subglacial sediment mobility: Implications for glaciological inversion modelling

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 145-160

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Erratics; Ireland; Lithofacies associations; Ribbed moraine

Indexed keywords

DRUMLINS; ERRATICS; IRELAND; LITHOFACIES; RIBBED MORAINE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEDFORM; DEVENSIAN; DRUMLIN; ERRATIC; ICE FLOW; LITHOFACIES; MOBILITY; MORAINE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

IRELAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; OMAGH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78249255773     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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