Fragment of an ancient outlet glacier system near the top of the Transantarctic Mountains

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 821-824

  Hicock, Stephen R ^a   Barrett, Peter J ^b   Holme, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctic Ice Sheet; Mount Feather; Sirius Group; Tillite; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

WEB-BASED ICE;

DEPOSITION; EROSION; ICE;

GLACIERS;

DIAMICTITE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TILLITE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0141460599     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19686.1     Document Type: Article

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