Submarine evidence of the Aavatsmark and Dahl glaciers fluctuations in the Kaffiøyra region, NW Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-160

  Grześ, Marek ^a   Król, Michał ^a   Sobota, Ireneusz ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Glacier; Push moraines; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PUSH MORAINE; SEAFLOOR;

AAVATSMARKBREEN; ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 67949094428     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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