Numerical reconstruction of a soft-bedded Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last glacial maximum

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 679-682

  Clark, Peter U ^a   Licciardi, Joseph M ^a   MacAyeal, Douglas R ^b   Jenson, John W ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

ICE SHEET MODELS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; NORTH AMERICAN; NUMERICAL RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; RIGID SUBSTRATES; ICE SURFACES; ICE VOLUMES;

ICE;

DEFORMATION; ICE MECHANICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; BASAL SHEAR STRESS; GCM; GLACIAL CYCLE; SEDIMENT DEFORMATION;

EID: 0030440467     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0679:NROASB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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