Paraglacial slope instability in Scottish fjords: Examples from Little Loch Broom, NW Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 344, Issue , 2010, Pages 225-242

  Stoker, Martyn S ^a   Wilson, Charles R ^b,c   Howe, John A ^b   Bradwell, Tom ^a   Long, David ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; FJORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LATE GLACIAL; MASS TRANSPORT; SLIDING; SLOPE STABILITY;

HIGHLAND; LITTLE LOCH BROOM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053367667     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP344.16     Document Type: Article

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