Morphology of younger dryas subglacial and ice-proximal submarine landforms, inner Vestfjorden, northern Norway

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 610-619

  Fløistad, Kai Roger ^a   Laberg, Jan Sverre ^a   Vorren, Tore O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SWATH BATHYMETRY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NORWAY; VESTFJORDEN;

EID: 73849136085     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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