Controls on the sedimentology of an ice-contact jökulhlaup-dominated delta, Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 131-148

  Russell, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delta; Greenland; J kulhlaup; Kangerlussuaq; Rapid lake level change; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DRAINAGE; FLOODING; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LAKE LEVEL; LITHOFACIES; PEAK DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KANGERDLUGSSUAQ;

EID: 33845328762     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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