Glacial outburst flood sediments within Disenchantment Bay, Alaska: Implications of recognizing marine jökulhlaup deposits in the stratigraphic record

Marine Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Willems, Bryce A ^a   Powell, Ross D ^a   Cowan, Ellen A ^b   Jaeger, John M ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Disenchantment Bay; Glacimarine; Hubbard Glacier; J kulhlaup; Outburst flood

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; DISENCHANTMENT BAY; GLACIMARINE; HUBBARD GLACIER; OUTBURST FLOOD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GRAVITY FLOW; ICE SHEET; JOKULHLAUP; LITHOFACIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTBURST; SEDIMENTATION; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ALASKA; DISENCHANTMENT BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957655545     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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