Submarine geomorphology and glacial history of the Sea of the Hebrides, UK

Marine Geology

Volumn 315-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-76

  Howe, John A ^a   Dove, Dayton ^b   Bradwell, Tom ^b   Gafeira, Joana ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Irish Ice Sheet; Channel; Glacial lineation; Glacial trough; Moraine; Multibeam bathymetry

Indexed keywords

BRITISH-IRISH ICE SHEET; CHANNEL; GLACIAL LINEATION; GLACIAL TROUGH; MORAINE; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; BEDROCK; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; EROSION; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; LINEATION; MELTWATER; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TROUGH; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANNA; HEBRIDES; HIGHLAND; INNER HEBRIDES; IRELAND; RUM; SCOTLAND; SEA OF THE HEBRIDES; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863704582     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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