Holocene ice-rafting and sediment transport from the glaciated margin of East Greenland (67-70°N) to the N Iceland shelves: Detecting and modelling changing sediment sources

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-217

  Andrews, John T ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^b   Wilton, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Holocene; Ice bergs; Ice rafting; Iceland

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

GLACIATED MARGINS; GREENLAND; HOLOCENES; ICE-RAFTED SEDIMENTS; ICE-RAFTING; ICELANDS; SEDIMENT FRACTION; SEDIMENT UNMIXING MODEL;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84894113586     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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