Palaeo-ice streams, trough mouth fans and high-latitude continental slope sedimentation

Boreas

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-55

  Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Taylor, Justin ^b   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a   Pudsey, Carol J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ICE STREAM; MODEL; QUATERNARY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE FAN; SUBMARINE TROUGH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038732376     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009480310001858     Document Type: Article

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