Jet-efflux deposits of a subaqueous ice-contact fan, glacial Lake Rinteln, northwestern Germany

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 167-192

  Hornung, Jahn J ^a   Asprion, Ulrich ^b   Winsemann, Jutta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydraulic jump; Meltwater outflow; Plane wall jet; Saalian glaciation; Subaqueous ice contact fan; Sustained density current

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; OUTFLOW; SAALIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33845404383     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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