Evidence for Late Pleistocene ice stream activity in the Witch Ground Basin, central North Sea, from 3D seismic reflection data

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 627-643

  Graham, A G C ^a   Lonergan, L ^a   Stoker, M S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; SUBSTRATES;

PLEISTOCENE ICE STREAM; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBGLACIAL BEDFORMS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE; SAALIAN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WEICHSELIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WITCH GROUND GRABEN;

EID: 33947573118     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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