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Fjord Sedimentation

Fjord Sedimentation is a geological process encompassing the deposition and accumulation of terrigenous, glacially derived, and marine sediments within the confined, deep-water basins of glacially carved fjords, distinguished by its unique interplay of glacial meltwater input, iceberg rafting, turbidity currents, and restricted marine circulation under subpolar climatic conditions.

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The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Haakon Hop, T. H. Pearson, Kit M. Kovacs et al. · Polar Research · 2002 · 595 citations · Full text

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The physical environment of Kongsfjorden?Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard

Harald Svendsen, Agnieszka Beszczyńska-Möller, Jon Ove Hagen et al. · Polar Research · 2002 · 514 citations · Full text

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High rates of organic carbon burial in fjord sediments globally

Richard W. Smith, Thomas S. Bianchi, Mead A. Allison et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2015 · 459 citations

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Fjords: Processes and Products

John T. Andrews, James P. M. Syvitski, David C. Burrell et al. · Arctic and Alpine Research · 1988 · 418 citations

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The physical oceanography of Fjords

David M. Farmer, Howard J. Freeland · Progress In Oceanography · 1983 · 367 citations

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    Marek Zajączkowski

    Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Poland

    12 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. JA
    Julian A. Dowdeswell

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 870 citations

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  3. RD
    Ross D. Powell

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    10 publications · 856 citations

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    Matthias Forwick

    UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

    11 publications · 503 citations

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  5. JT
    John T. Andrews

    Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, United States

    10 publications · 925 citations

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  1. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    25 h-index

    83 publications

    10.5K citations

  2. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    25 h-index

    70 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

    Sopot, Poland

    24 h-index

    76 publications

    10.6K citations

  4. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    23 h-index

    80 publications

    13.3K citations

  5. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    20 h-index

    50 publications

    2K citations

  6. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    18 h-index

    74 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. Geological Survey of Norway

    Trondheim, Norway

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    49 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Geological Survey of Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

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    38 publications

    2.3K citations

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  1. Marine Geology

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  2. Boreas

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  3. Sedimentary Geology

    17 publications · 676 citations

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  4. Polar Research

    17 publications · 2K citations

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  5. Geological Society London Special Publications

    14 publications · 728 citations

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