Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 3379-3398

  Möller, Per ^a   Larsen, Nicolaj K ^a,b   Kjær, Kurt H ^c   Funder, Svend ^c   Schomacker, Anders ^d   Linge, Henriette ^e   Fabel, Derek ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL PLAIN; DATA COVER; GREENLAND; HOLOCENES; LAND-FAST; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; NORTH COAST; POLAR DESERTS; POSITIVE MASS; RADIOCARBON AGE; SEA-ICE COVER; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL MAXIMA; THRUST BLOCKS; WATER CONDITIONS; WAVE ACTIONS;

COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEACH RIDGE; GLACIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; ICE SHELF; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORAINE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA ICE; VALLEY GLACIER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 78049435993     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.044     Document Type: Article

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