The glacier-influenced Scoresby Sund Fan, East Greenland continental margin: Evidence from GLORIA and 3.5 kHz records

Marine Geology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 207-221

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Kenyon, N H ^b   Laberg, J S ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Glaciers; Greenland; Seismics; Side scan sonar; Submarine fans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031442738     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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