Late Quaternary ice extent and glacial history from the Djúpáll trough, off Vestfirdir peninsula, north-west Iceland: A stacked 36 cal. Ky environmental record

Polar Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-226

  Andrews, John T ^a   Hardardóttir, Jórunn ^b   Geirsdóttir, Áslaug ^c   Helgadóttir, Gudrún ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TROUGH;

BLOSSEVILLE BASIN; DENMARK STRAIT;

EID: 0036929810     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v21i2.6481     Document Type: Article

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