Pre-glacial landforms on a glaciated shield: The inselberg plains of northern Sweden

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

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

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; INSELBERG; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; WEATHERING;

BALTIC SHIELD; SWEDEN;

GRUS;

EID: 84876295534     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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