Lake-ice conveyor deposits: Geomorphology, sedimentology, and importance in reconstructing the glacial history of the Dry Valleys

Geomorphology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 143-156

  Hall, Brenda L ^a   Hendy, Chris H ^b   Denton, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dry Valleys; Lake ice conveyor; Proglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 33645849803     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.025     Document Type: Article

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