The N and W Iceland Shelf: Insights into Last Glacial Maximum ice extent and deglaciation based on acoustic stratigraphy and basal radiocarbon AMS dates

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 619-631

  Andrews, John T ^a   Hardardóttir, Jórunn ^a,b   Helgadóttir, Gudrún ^c   E Jennings, Anne ^a   Geirsdóttir, Áslaug ^b   Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Árny E ^b   Schoolfield, Stephanie ^a   Kristjánsdóttir, Gréta B ^b   Micaela Smith, L ^a   Thors, Kjartan ^d   Syvitski, James P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c 105   (Iceland)

^d MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; DEGLACIATION; ICE SHELF; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0342368822     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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