Melt-out till and ribbed moraine formation, a case study from south Sweden

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 161-180

  Möller, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deglaciation history; Glacial geomorphology; Glacial processes; Hummocky moraine; Melt out till; Ribbed moraine

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION HISTORY; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL PROCESSES; HUMMOCKY MORAINES; MELT-OUT TILL; RIBBED MORAINE;

ABLATION; AGGLOMERATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MELTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ICE;

DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MELTING; MORAINE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TERRAIN;

SMALAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 78249255857     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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