Thickness and extent of the subglacial till layer beneath an Antarctic paleo-ice stream

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-16

  Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a   Ó Cofaigh, Colm ^a   Pudsey, Carol J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Deformation till; Paleo ice streams; Quaternary; Subglacial environment

Indexed keywords

ICE STREAMS; SEAFLOOR;

DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICS; ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 1142305321     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19864.1     Document Type: Article

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