Deltaic infill of a deglaciated arctic fjord, East Greenland: Sedimentary facies and sequence stratigraphy

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 422-437

  Hansen, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; DELTA SEDIMENTATION; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSITS; REGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

SEA LEVEL;

DELTA; FACIES ANALYSIS; FJORD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VALLEY FILL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAMESON LAND;

EID: 2542484681     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/102703740422     Document Type: Article

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