The paleo-ice stream in Vestfjorden, North Norway, over the last 35 k.y.: Glacial erosion and sediment yield

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 434-447

  Laberg, Jan S ^a   Eilertsen, R S ^b   Vorren, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fennoscandian Ice Sheet; Glacial erosion; Late Weichselian; Paleo ice stream; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

FENNOSCANDIAN ICE SHEET; GLACIAL EROSION; LATE WEICHSELIAN; PALEO-ICE STREAM; SEDIMENT YIELD;

BATHYMETRY; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ICE;

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE STREAM; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TILL; WEICHSELIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; VESTFJORDEN;

EID: 69949120194     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26277.1     Document Type: Article

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