Sea-ice processes in the Laptev Sea and their importance for sediment export

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-233

  Eicken, H ^a   Reimnitz, E ^b   Alexandrov, V ^c   Martin, T ^a   Kassens, H ^d   Viehoff, T ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE RAFTED SEDIMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 0031079701     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(96)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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