Glaciation, erosion and the evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains, Antartica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 23, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Kerr, Andrew ^a   Gilchrist, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Coastal Mountain Consultants ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENUDATION MODEL; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL PROCESSES; ISOSTATIC RESPONSE; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTICA, TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030357474     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500013574     Document Type: Article

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