Chapter 55 Glacial sediments and associated strata of the Polarisbreen Group, northeastern Svalbard

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 571-579

  Halverson, Galen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAMICTITE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC;

ARCTIC; NORDAUSTLANDET; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84860701970     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.55     Document Type: Article

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