Depositional processes and internal architecture of Late Weichselian ice-margin submarine fan and delta settings, Swedish west coast

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-234

  Plink Bjorklund P ^a   Ronnert, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delta; Grain flows; Ice margin deposits; Submarine fan; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE FAN; WEICHSELIAN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0344654715     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1999.sed195.x     Document Type: Article

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