Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-396

  Margold, Martin ^a   Jansson, Krister N ^a   Stroeven, Arjen P ^a   Jansen, John D ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Freshwater influx; Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF); Ice dammed lake; Transbaikalia

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; FRESHWATER INFLUX; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKES; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; PALAEOSHORELINES; SIBERIA; TRANSBAIKALIA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

LAKES;

DELTA; FLOOD; FRESHWATER; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER; OUTBURST; SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TRANSBAIKALIA; VITIM RIVER;

EID: 82455164293     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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