Till characteristics, genesis and transport beneath Antarctic paleo-ice streams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Ó'Cofaigh, Colm ^a   Evans, Jeffrey ^b,c   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^b   Larter, Rob D ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR ZONE; STREAMFLOW; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 36248949002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000606     Document Type: Article

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