Spatial and temporal influence of glaciers and rivers on the sedimentary environment in Sassenfjorden and Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 344, Issue , 2010, Pages 163-193

  Forwick, Matthias ^a   Vorren, Tore O ^a   Hald, Morten ^a   Korsun, Sergei ^b   Roh, Yul ^c   Vogt, Christoph ^d   Yoo, Kyu Cheul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FJORD; GLACIER; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; MASS TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79959328699     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP344.13     Document Type: Article

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