Evaluation of conditions along the grounding line of temperate marine glaciers: An example from Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 307-327

  Seramur, Keith C ^a   Powell, Ross D ^b   Carlson, Paul R ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial retreat; Glacier Bay; Glacitectonic; Grounding line fan; Seismic facies analysis; Southeast Alaska; Tidewater glacier

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENTATION; GROUNDING LINE; MORAINE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

USA, ALASKA, GLACIER BAY, MUIR INLET;

EID: 0030753513     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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