Glacimarine lithofacies, provenance and depositional processes on a West Greenland trough-mouth fan

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-26

  O Cofaigh C ^a   Andrews, J T ^b   Jennings, A E ^b   Dowdeswell, J A ^c   Hogan, K A ^c   Kilfeather, A A ^a   Sheldon, C ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacimarine sedimentation; Greenland Ice Sheet; Trough mouth fan; Uummannaq Fan; West Greenland continental margin

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEBRIS FLOW; HOLOCENE; ICE STREAM; LITHOFACIES; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION; TROUGH; WATER DEPTH; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84873085104     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2569     Document Type: Article

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