Sedimentation in arctic proglacial lakes: Mittivakkat Glacier, south-east Greenland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 679-699

  Hasholt, Bent ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^b   Owens, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Caesium 137; Greenland; Lake sedimentation; Lead 210; Proglacial; Sediment sources; Sediment yields; Varves

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034162228     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(200003)14:4<679::AID-HYP966>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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