The death mask of the antarctic ice sheet: Comparison of glacial geomorphic features across the continental shelf

Geomorphology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 157-171

  Wellner, J S ^a   Heroy, D C ^a   Anderson, J B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glacial geomorphology; Ice sheet; Mega scale glacial lineations; Swath bathymetry

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE SHEET; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33645891636     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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