Sedimentological record of subglacial conditions and ice sheet dynamics of the Vistula Ice Stream (north-central Poland) during the Last Glaciation

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-44

  Narloch, Włodzimierz ^a   Wysota, Wojciech ^a   Piotrowski, Jan A ^b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ice stream; Permafrost; Scandinavian Ice Sheet; Subglacial processes; Till; Weichselian glaciation

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; SUBGLACIAL PROCESS; TILL; WEICHSELIAN GLACIATION;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; GLACIERS; ICE; LITHOLOGY; PERMAFROST; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FROZEN GROUND; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS; LAST GLACIATION; PERMAFROST; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL; WEICHSELIAN;

POLAND; VISTULA VALLEY;

EID: 84878899308     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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