Grounding-line dynamics during the last deglaciation of Kveithola, W Barents Sea, as revealed by seabed geomorphology and shallow seismic stratigraphy

Boreas

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-107

  Bjarnadóttir, Lilja R ^a   Rüther, Denise C ^a   Winsborrow, Monica C M ^a   Andreassen, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUNDING LINE; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE STREAM; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

BOREAS;

EID: 84871624076     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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