Internal characteristics of ice-marginal sediments deduced from georadar profiling and sediment properties (Brøgger Peninsula, Svalbard)

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 74-83

  Schwamborn, Georg ^a   Heinzel, Johannes ^b   Schirrmeister, Lutz ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glacial sediments; Ground penetrating radar; Permafrost; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DIAMICTON; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE MARGIN; LITHOTYPE; PERMAFROST; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 38749137719     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.07.032     Document Type: Article

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