Late cenozoic erosion and sediment yield from the Svalbard-Barents sea region: Implications for understanding erosion of glacierized basins

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 209-241

  Elverhoi A ^a   Hooke, R LeB ^b   Solheim, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; EROSION; GLACIAL EROSION; SEDIMENT YIELD;

BARENTS SEA; SVALBARD;

EID: 0031874931     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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