Glacial-marine or subglacial origin of diamicton units from the southwest and north Iceland shelf: Implications for the glacial history of Iceland

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 968-983

  Principato, Sarah M ^a   Jennings, Anne E ^b   Kristjánsdóttir, Gréta B ^b   Andrews, John T ^b  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; RADIOCARBON DATES; SHEARED FABRICS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SEDIMENTS;

DIAMICTON; GLACIAL HISTORY; PROVENANCE; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 28144453659     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.073     Document Type: Article

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