Large-scale mass wasting on the north Spitsbergen continental margin, Arctic Ocean

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 131-142

  Cherkis, N Z ^a,d   Max, M D ^a   Vogt, P R ^a   Crane, K ^a   Midthassel, A ^b   Sundvor, E ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Norges Sjøkartverk ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Neptune Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; MASS MOVEMENT; QUATERNARY; SLUMPING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033426943     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050100     Document Type: Article

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