Stratigraphic architecture and infill history of a deglaciated bedrock valley based on georadar, seismic profiling and drilling

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1751-1773

  Hansen, Louise ^a   Beylich, Achim ^a   Burki, Valentin ^a,b   Eilertsen, Raymond S ^a   Fredin, Ola ^a   Larsen, Eiliv ^a   Lyså, Astrid ^a   Nesje, Atle ^b   Stalsberg, Knut ^a   Tønnesen, Jan F ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Architecture; Deglaciation; Norway; Stratigraphy; Valley; Valley fill

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGGRADATION; BEDROCK; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITION; DRILLING; MORAINE; PROGRADATION; REWORKING; SEISMIC METHOD; STRATIGRAPHY; TILL; VALLEY FILL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70350123088     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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