Sedimentary processes and the environment during deglaciation of a fjord basin in Ullsfjorden, North Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-36

  Plassen, Liv ^a   Vorren, Tore O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; FJORD; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OSCILLATING FLOW; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; TROMS; ULLSFJORDEN;

EID: 33748708852     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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