Age and extent of the Yermak Slide north of Spitsbergen, Arctic Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Winkelmann, D ^a   Jokat, W ^a   Niessen, F ^a   Stein, R ^a   Winkler, ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Slope stability; Submarine slide; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349088187     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001130     Document Type: Article

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