Holocene sedimentation in the Skagerrak interpreted from chirp sonar and core data

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-32

  Gyllencreutz, Richard ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^a   Backman, Jan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Holocene; Sediments; Seismic; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SONAR IMAGERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SKAGERRAK; WORLD;

EID: 13244288683     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.892     Document Type: Article

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