Late Quaternary sedimentation in Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord and the continental margin of East Greenland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 203, Issue , 2002, Pages 149-179

  Evans, J ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Grobe, H ^b   Niessen, F ^b   Stein, R ^b   Hubberten, H W ^b   Whittington, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0038600667     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.203.01.09     Document Type: Article

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