Sedimentary processes at the base of a West Antarctic ice stream: constraints from textural and compositional properties of subglacial debris

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 487-496

  Tulaczyk, Slawek ^a   Kamb, Barclay ^a   Scherer, Reed P ^b   Engelhardt, Hermann F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE STREAM; SEDIMENT TEXTURE; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT; SUBLACIAL SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0000279285     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42687E8-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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