Late Quaternary glacial development of the mid-Norwegian margin-65 to 68°N

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1089-1113

  Torbjorn Dahlgren K I ^a   Vorren, Tore O ^a   Laberg, Jan Sverre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Debris flow; Late Quaternary

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRATAL GEOMETRY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

NORWEGIAN MARGIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0036876713     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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