Seabed erosion on the Lomonosov Ridge, central Arctic Ocean: A tale of deep draft icebergs in the Eurasia Basin and the influence of Atlantic water inflow on iceberg motion?

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Kristoffersen, Y ^a   Coakley, B ^b   Jokat, W ^c   Edwards, M ^d   Brekke, H ^e   Gjengedal, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Atlantic Water inflow; Ice drift; Icebergs; Paleoclimate; Seabed erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ICEBERG; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN BASIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 11144279467     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000985     Document Type: Article

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