The Late Weichselian glaciation of the Franz Victoria Trough, northern Barents Sea: Ice sheet extent and timing

Marine Geology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 25-44

  Kleiber, H P ^a   Knies, J ^a   Niessen, F ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Last glacial maximum; Marine geology; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION LIMIT; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; WEICHSELIAN;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0034663699     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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