The Andoya Slide and the Andoya Canyon, north-eastern Norwegian-Greenland Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 259-275

  Laberg, J S ^a   Vorren, T O ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^b   Kenyon, N H ^c   Taylor, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canyon; Channel; Holocene; Norwegian Greenland Sea; Slide

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HOLOCENE; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0034651167     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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