Dynamics and retreat of the Late Weichselian Kongsfjorden ice stream, NW Svalbard

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 235-245

  Henriksen, Mona ^a   Alexanderson, Helena ^b   Landvik, Jon Y ^a   Linge, Henriette ^c   Peterson, Gustaf ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Ice stream dynamics; Surface exposure dating; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

DEGLACIATIONS; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICE STREAMS; ICE SURFACE ELEVATION; SURFACE EXPOSURE AGE; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; SVALBARD; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES;

ICE;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEGLACIATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; ICE RETREAT; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS; LAMINATION; MORAINE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA ICE; TIDEWATER GLACIER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84900442356     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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