Submarine landforms in the fjords of southern Chile: Implications for glacimarine processes and sedimentation in a mild glacier-influenced environment

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-19

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Vasquez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Fjords; Glacimarine sedimentation; Glacimarine sediments; Landform assemblage model; Retreat moraines; Submarine landforms; Turbidity current channels

Indexed keywords

CHILE; FJORDS; GLACIMARINE SEDIMENT; RETREAT MORAINES; SUBMARINE LANDFORMS; TURBIDITY-CURRENT CHANNELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; DEBRIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE STABILITY; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FJORD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; MELTWATER; MORAINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMICITY; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC WEDGE; TIDEWATER GLACIER; TURBIDITY; TURBIDITY CURRENT; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ALASKA; CHILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872536828     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.12.003     Document Type: Review

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