Morphodynamic evolution of Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden, Svalbard, during the Late Weichselian and Holocene

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 344, Issue , 2010, Pages 195-205

  MacLachlan, S E ^a   Howe, J A ^a   Vardy, M E ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LINEATION; MORAINE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SWATH BATHYMETRY; WEICHSELIAN;

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

EID: 80053376406     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP344.14     Document Type: Article

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