Holocene benthic foraminiferal record from a high-arctic fjord, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-242

  Kubischta, Frauke ^a   Knudsen, Karen Luise ^b   Ojala, Antti E K ^c   Salonen, Veli Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthic foraminifera; Fjord; Holocene; Nordaustlandet; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEGLACIATION; DIAMICTON; FJORD; GLACIOISOSTASY; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; INFLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OPEN OCEAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

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

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 83055165658     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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