Sediment transport, delta growth and sedimentation in Lake Nigardsvatn, Norway

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 243-258

  Øtrem, Gunnar ^a   Haakensen, Nils ^a   Olsen, Hans Chr ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bottom load; Delta growth; Glacier erosion; Nigardsbreen; Norway; Sedimentation; Suspended sediment; Varves

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; VARVE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 20844444767     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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