Late Weichselian and Holocene sediment fluxes of the northern North Sea Margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 189-215

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bulk sediment flux; Holocene; Late Weichselian; North Sea; North Sea Fan; Norwegian Sea; Sediment processes

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION; WEICHSELIAN;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032212654     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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