Sediment waves in a modern high-energy glacilacustrine environment

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 645-659

  Gilbert, Robert ^a   Crookshanks, Sarah ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial lake; Lake sediments; Sediment waves; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WAVE FIELD;

CANADA; KASKAWULSH GLACIER; KLUANE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 62549089201     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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