Glacial geomorphology of the Skálafellsjökull foreland, Iceland: A case study of ‘annual’ moraines

Journal of Maps

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 904-916

  Chandler, Benjamin M P ^a,c   Evans, David J A ^a   Roberts, David H ^a   Ewertowski, Marek ^a   Clayton, Alexander I ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active temperate glacial landsystem; Glacial geomorphology; Iceland; recessional push moraines; remote sensing; Sk lafellsj kull

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945217521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2015.1096216     Document Type: Article

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