Glacial geological implications of overconsolidated sediments on the Lomonosov Ridge and Yermak Plateau

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 3532-3544

  O'Regan, Matthew ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^a   Kirchner, Nina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; GEOTECHNICAL MEASUREMENT; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; LATE QUATERNARY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MULTI-BEAM; OVERCONSOLIDATION; STRESS STATE; SUBBOTTOM PROFILING; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TRANSIENT EVENTS; WATER DEPTH;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICEBREAKERS; ISOTOPES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEA ICE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DRILLING; GLACIOLOGY; ICE BREAKER; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG; MARINE SEDIMENT; POROSITY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE; YERMAK PLATEAU;

EID: 78049417897     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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