Extensive local seabed disturbance, erosion and mass wasting on Alpha Ridge, central Arctic Ocean: Possible evidence for an extra-terrestrial impact?

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-320

  Kristoffersen, Yngve ^a   Hall, John K ^b   Hunkins, Kenneth ^c   Ardai, José ^c   Coakley, Bernard J ^d   Hopper, John R ^e   Arthun, Tore ^a   Berge, Hans ^a   Bruvoll, Vibeke ^a   Grindvall, Erik ^a   Breien, Hedda ^f   Dove, Dayon ^d   Henkart, Paul ^g   Ivanova, Nina ^h   Ludvigsen, Fredrik ⁱ   Monsen, Karina ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Thor Heyerdahl High School   (Norway)

^j Alta High School   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; SEAFLOOR;

ALPHA RIDGE; ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 66649117765     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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