Submarine landforms and the behavior of a surging ice cap since the last glacial maximum: The open-marine setting of eastern Austfonna, Svalbard

Marine Geology

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 82-94

  Robinson, Phoebe ^a   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austfonna; Deglaciation; Glacier surges; Last Glacial Maximum; Open marine environment; Submarine landforms; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

AUSTFONNA; DEGLACIATIONS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OPEN-MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBMARINE LANDFORMS; SVALBARD;

CATCHMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; SNOW; SUBMARINES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ICE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FJORD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OPEN OCEAN; SEAFLOOR; SONAR; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; AUSTFONNA; BARENTS SEA; NORDAUSTLANDET; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 80051554314     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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