Timing and significance of glacially influenced mass-wasting in the submarine channels of the Greenland Basin

Marine Geology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 39-54

  Ó Cofaigh, Colm ^a   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a   Evans, Jeffrey ^a   Kenyon, Neil H ^b   Taylor, Justin ^c   Mienert, Jürgen ^d   Wilken, Manon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Greenland Basin; Greenland Ice Sheet; Late Weichselian; Norwegian Greenland Sea; submarine channels; turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEGLACIAL CONDITIONS; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE CHANNELS;

DEBRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TURBIDITY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 3042769070     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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