Anomalous luminescence of subglacial sediment at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland - a consequence of resetting at the glacier bed?

Boreas

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 446-458

  Swift, Darrel A ^a   Sanderson, David C W ^b   Nienow, Peter W ^c   Bingham, Robert G ^d   Cochrane, Ian C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TILL;

HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 79959547888     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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