Pre-Glacial Landform Inheritance in a Glaciated Shield Landscape

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-49

  Hall, Adrian M ^a   Ebert, Karin ^b   Hättestrand, Clas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GIS analysis; Glacial erosion; Granite; Inselberg; Palaeosurface; Shield

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GRANITE; PALEOSURFACE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAPROLITE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84873548794     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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