Modern Sedimentation in the Northern Barents Sea: Input, Dispersal and Deposition of Suspended Sediments from Glacial Meltwater.

• Main Author: Pfirman,S L
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; INPUT; WATER FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; MELTING; PLUMES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; BARENTS SEA; WATER MASSES; OCEAN BOTTOM; SEDIMENTATION; GLACIERS; Grounded surging glaciers; Svalbard; Barents Sea; glacier; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA152520; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA152520

Contents: Water Masses of the Northern Barents Sea; Surface Sediment Response to Hydrographic Regime: The Northern Barents Sea; Sea-Floor Morphology Outside a Grounded, Surging Glacier: Brasvellbreen, Svalbard; Input, Dispersal, and Deposition of Glacial Sediments from Meltwater Plumes; Hydrographic Data; Surface Sediment Data; Suspended Matter Data. Report on Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering.