Sedimentary processes and depositional environments in glaciated fjord systems - Evidence from Nordfjord, Norway

Marine Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 88-99

  Hjelstuen, Berit Oline ^a   Haflidason, Haflidi ^a   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^a   Lyså, Astrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fjord; Glaciations; Norway; Sedimentary processes; Slide; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GLACIATIONS; NORWAY; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; SLIDE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ACOUSTICS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; LAMINATING; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FJORD; GLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC PROPERTY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; NORDFJORDEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 60349091883     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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