Quaternary glacial and marine environmental history of northwest Greenland: A review and reappraisal

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-392

  Kelly, Michael ^a   Funder, Svend ^b   Houmark Nielsen, Michael ^c   Knudsen, Karen Luise ^d   Kronborg, Christian ^d   Landvik, Jon ^e   Sorby, Lennart ^f  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^f Kvartärgeologiska Avdeling   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GLACIAL HISTORY; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033105487     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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