Extreme sediment and ice discharge from marine-based ice streams: New evidence from the North Sea

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-398

  Nygard A ^a   Sejrup, H P ^a   Haflidason, H ^a   Lekens, W A H ^a,c   Clark, C D ^b   Bigg, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Explor and Prod   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ice flow; Ice sheet; Ice stream; Sediment flux; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOWS; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM;

GLACIERS; ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 34248597390     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23364A.1     Document Type: Article

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