Contrasting sources for glacial and interglacial shelf sediments used to interpret changing ice flow directions in the Larsen Basin, Northern Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 156-171

  Reinardy, Benedict T I ^a   Pudsey, Carol J ^b   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^b   Murray, Tavi ^a   Evans, Jeffrey ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet; clast roundness; glaciomarine sedimentation; grain petrology; Larsen Basin; provenance

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA ICE SHEET; CLAST ROUNDNESS; COARSE FRACTIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EASTERN SIDE; FLOW DIRECTION; GROUNDING LINE; HIGH SHEAR; HOLOCENES; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; JURASSIC; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MESOZOIC; ROCK TYPES; SHELF SEDIMENT; SILTY CLAY; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; THERMAL REGIMES;

CLAY MINERALS; DEBRIS; DEFORMATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LITHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BEDROCK; CLAST; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORE ANALYSIS; DEBRIS FLOW; DIATOM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESOZOIC; OUTCROP; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHELF SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; TILL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 71749101559     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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