Paraglacial modifications of glacial sediments over millennial to decadal time-scales in the high arctic (billefjorden, central spitsbergen, svalbard)

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Grzegorz, Rachlewicz ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glacial geomorphology; Paraglacial modifications; Quaternary glaciations; Sediment characteristics; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MASS MOVEMENT; PERMAFROST; QUATERNARY; TIMESCALE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC; BILLEFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79953303018     PISSN: 0137477X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10117-010-0023-4     Document Type: Article

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