Late Weichselian and Holocene sedimentary environments and glacial activity in Billefjorden, Svalbard

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 344, Issue , 2010, Pages 207-223

  Baeten, Nicole J ^a   Forwick, Matthias ^a   Vogt, Christoph ^b   Vorren, Tore O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; ICE RAFTING; ICEBERG; LINEATION; MORAINE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC; BILLEFJORDEN; NORDENSKIOLDBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79959327991     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP344.15     Document Type: Article

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