Late cenozoic erosion of the high-latitude southwestern barents sea shelf revisited

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Laberg, Jan Sverre ^a   Andreassen, Karin ^a   Vorren, Tore O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; EROSION RATES; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ICE STREAMS; LATE CENOZOIC; PROGLACIAL; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EROSION;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84859324098     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30340.1     Document Type: Article

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