Looking through drumlins: Testing the application of ground-penetrating radar

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 224, 2014, Pages 1075-1083

  Spagnolo, Matteo ^a   King, Edward C ^b   Ashmore, David W ^a,d   Rea, Brice R ^a   Ely, Jeremy C ^c   Clark, Chris D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Geomorphology; Glaciological instruments and methods; Ground penetrating radar

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DRUMLIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INFILL;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84926674982     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG14J110     Document Type: Article

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