Sea-floor scour at the mouth of Hudson Strait by deep-keeled icebergs from the Laurentide Ice Sheet

Marine Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Metz, J M ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Woodworth Lynas, C M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PETRA International   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic region; Hudson Strait; icebergs; Laurentide Ice Sheet; scour; side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATERS; ELSEVIER (CO); LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET (LIS); NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; SEA FLOORS; SIDE-SCAN SONAR IMAGERY;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; EROSION; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SEA ICE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; ICE MARGIN; ICEBERG; IMAGERY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SCOUR; SEAFLOOR; SHELF BREAK; SONAR;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; HATTON BASIN; HUDSON STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 47349129425     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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