First indication of Storegga tsunami deposits from East Greenland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-325

  Wagner, Bernd ^a   Bennike, Ole ^b   Klug, Martin ^c   Cremer, Holger ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal basin; East Greenland; Holocene; Relative sea level; Storegga tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMI;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 34247588721     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1064     Document Type: Article

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