Quaternary sedimentation, margin architecture and ocean circulation variability around the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1016-1036

  Nielsen, T ^a,b   Rasmussen, T L ^c   Ceramicola, S ^d   Kuijpers, A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

CORE DATA; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTATION; SHEET GEOMETRY;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ARCHITECTURE; BEDLOAD; CONTOURITE; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); GLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE RAFTING; ICEBERG; MORAINE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 34248367408     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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