Distribution and origin of patterned ground on Mullins Valley debris-covered glacier, Antarctica: The roles of ice flow and sublimation

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-397

  Levy, Joseph S ^a   Marchant, David R ^b   Head III, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry Valleys; Ice rheology; Polygon; Soil forming processes; Sublimation till

Indexed keywords

CRACK; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIER; ICE FLOW; POLYGON; SUBLIMATION;

ANTARCTICA; BEACON VALLEY; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; MULLINS VALLEY;

EID: 33747881932     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102006000435     Document Type: Article

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