Late Weichselian and Holocene sedimentary environments and ice rafting in Isfjorden, Spitsbergen

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 258-274

  Forwick, Matthias ^a   Vorren, Tore O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fjord; Glacial sedimentary environments; Holocene; Iceberg rafting; Late Weichselian; Sea ice rafting

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; ICEBERG; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIDEWATER GLACIER; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC; ISFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 68549116986     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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