Glacigenic debris flows on the North Sea Trough Mouth Fan during ice stream maxima

Marine Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 217-246

  King, E L ^a   Haflidason, H ^a   Sejrup, H P ^a   Lovlie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glacial clast provenance; Glacigenic debris flow; IRD; Magnetic susceptibility; Weichselian glaciation

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FAN DELTA; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE STREAM;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032211520     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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