Recent glacially influenced sedimentary processes on the East Greenland continental slope and deep Greenland Basin

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-81

  García, Marga ^a   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a   Ercilla, Gemma ^b   Jakobsson, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Glacially influenced sedimentary processes; Greenland Basin; Turbidite systems

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL RISE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOWS; FRANZ JOSEF; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS;

DEBRIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS WASTING; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TURBIDITE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84864048669     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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