Modelling the influence of glacial isostasy on Late Weichselian ice-sheet growth in the Barents Sea

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 475-486

  Howell, Daniel ^a   Siegert, Martin J ^b   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eurasian High Arctic; Ice sheet; Isostasy; Late Weichselian; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; ISOSTASY; QUATERNARY; WEICHSELIAN;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0033905881     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200007)15:5<475::AID-JQS523>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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