Canyons and late Quaternary sedimentation on the North Norwegian margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Taylor, J ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Kenyon, N H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canyon; Ice sheet; Late Quaternary; Norwegian Greenland Sea

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; PASSIVE MARGIN; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0034657233     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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