Entrainment of glaciomarine sediments and formation of thrust-block moraines at the margin of Sørsdale glacier, east Antarctica

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-187

  Fitzsimons, Sean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Besal freezing; Entrainment; Glaciotectonics; Thrust block moraines

Indexed keywords

BASAL FREEZING; DEBRIS ENTRAINMENT; DEPOSITION; ENTRAINMENT; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENT; GLACIOTECTONICS; THRUST MORAINE;

ANTARCTICA, SORSDALE GLACIER;

EID: 0030726309     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199702)22:2<175::AID-ESP694>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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