Flow dynamics and till genesis associated with a marine-based Antarctic palaeo-ice stream

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 709-740

  Ó Cofaigh, Colm ^a,d   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a   Allen, Claire S ^b   Hiemstra, John F ^c   Pudsey, Carol J ^b   Evans, Jeffrey ^a   Evans, David J A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; SEDIMENTS;

FLOW DYNAMICS; GLACIATION; SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; TILL GENESIS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL; QUATERNARY; TILL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

APIS;

EID: 14744272008     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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