Contrasting glacimarine sedimentary environments of two arctic fiords on Disko, West Greenland

Marine Geology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 63-83

  Gilbert, Robert ^a   Nielsen, Niels ^b   Desloges, Joseph R ^c   Rasch, Morten ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fiord; Greenland; Oceanography; Sediment

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GLACIOMARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032077023     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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