Permian glaciated bedrock surfaces and associated sediments on Kangaroo Island, South Australia: Implications for local Gondwanan ice-mass dynamics

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-531

  Bourman, R P ^a,b   Alley, N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Mineral Resources Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glacial pavements; Glacial sediments; Glacial striation; Kangaroo Island; Permian; Troubridge Basin

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GONDWANA; ICE MOVEMENT; PERMIAN; STRIATION; SURFACE LAYER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033177925     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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