Sequence analysis of early Saalian glacial lake deposits (NW Germany): Evidence of local ice margin retreat and associated calving processes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-251

  Winsemann, Jutta ^a   Asprion, Ulrich ^a   Meyer, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gilbert type deltas; Glaciolacustrine deposits; Ice scour; Pleistocene; Sequence stratigraphy; Subaqueous ice contact fan

Indexed keywords

GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ICE MARGIN; ICEBERG CALVING; PLEISTOCENE; SAALIAN; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1642364397     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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