The glaciation of Dartmoor: The southernmost independent Pleistocene ice cap in the British Isles

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-53

  Evans, David J A ^a   Harrison, Stephan ^b   Vieli, Andreas ^a   Anderson, Ed ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Stockton Riverside College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Average glacial conditions; Dartmoor; Glaciation; Plateau icefield

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GLACIAL CONDITIONS; BRITISH ISLES; CLASS DISTRIBUTIONS; COLD PHASIS; DARTMOOR; DEEP VALLEY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; ICE COVER; ICE FLOW; ICE-CAPS; PERIGLACIAL; PLATEAU ICEFIELD; PLEISTOCENE; PRODUCTION RATES; U-SHAPED; VALLEY FLOOR;

DEBRIS; ICE; LANDFORMS; SNOW;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CIRQUE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GRANITE; ICE CAP; ICE COVER; ICE FIELD; ICE FLOW; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PLATEAU; PLEISTOCENE; UPLAND REGION; VALLEY GLACIER;

DARTMOOR; DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861468540     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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