The marine-based NW Fennoscandian ice sheet: Glacial and deglacial dynamics as reconstructed from submarine landforms

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-141

  Rydningen, Tom Arne ^a,b   Vorren, Tore O ^a   Laberg, Jan Sverre ^a   Kolstad, Vidar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b DONG Energy E and P Norge AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deglaciation dynamics; Ice streams; Last Glacial Maximum; Mega scale glacial lineations; Shear zone moraines

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL LINEATION; ICE STREAMS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SHEAR ZONE;

DYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS;

ICE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; DOME; EPISODIC EVENT; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEISMIC DATA; SHEAR ZONE; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

FENNOSCANDIA; NORWAY; TROMS;

EID: 84875279484     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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