Glacimarine sedimentation in Kangerdluk (Disko Fjord), West Greenland, in response to a surging glacier

Marine Geology

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Gilbert, Robert ^a   Nielsen, Niels ^b   Möller, Henrik ^b   Desloges, Joseph R ^c   Rasch, Morten ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fjord; Glacier surge; Glacimarine; Greenland; Sediment

Indexed keywords

GLACIMARINE;

GLACIERS; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY;

GEOLOGY;

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBIDITE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0037145643     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00543-1     Document Type: Article

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