Seismic stratigraphy of Late Quaternary deposits in the eastern Skagerrak

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1023-1039

  Larsson, Olof ^a   Stevens, Rodney L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glacimarine sediments; Sediment transport; Seismic facies; Seismic sequence; Seismic stratigraphy; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

GLACIMARINE SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC FACIES; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SKAGERRAK;

EROSION; ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

EID: 56349159168     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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