Chronology and styles of glaciation in an inter-fjord setting, northwestern Svalbard

Boreas

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-197

  Alexanderson, Helena ^a   Landvik, Jon Y ^a   Ryen, Heidi T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CYCLICITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FJORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE SHEET; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 78650317650     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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