Seismic expression of glaciomarine deposits in the eastern Riiser Larsen Sea, Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Kuvaas, B ^a   Kristoffersen, Y ^a   Leitchenkov, G ^b   Guseva, J ^c   Gandjukhin, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^c PMGRE ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctica; contourites; glaciomarine deposits; Gunnerus Ridge; Riiser Larsen Sea; seismics; turbidites

Indexed keywords

GLACIOMARINE DEPOSITS; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC DATA; OVERSTEEPENING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DATA REDUCTION; GLACIERS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEISMIC SURVEY; TURBIDITE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 3042848608     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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