Palaeohydrology of Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord), West Greenland during the last ∼8000 years

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-104

  Aebly, Frank A ^a   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Greenland; Holocene; Lake shorelines; Lake level variations; Palaeoclimate; Palaeohydrology; Pluvial; Water balance

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORELINE; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER BUDGET;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KANGERLUSSUAQ;

EID: 68049133162     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608096601     Document Type: Article

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