Late Cenozoic deposits at Reedy Glacier, Transantarctic Mountains: implications for former thickness of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 384-398

  Bromley, Gordon R M ^a   Hall, Brenda L ^a   Stone, John O ^b   Conway, Howard ^b   Todd, Claire E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE AGE; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; ICE SHEET; LATE CENOZOIC; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; SURFACE PROFILES; UPPER LIMITS;

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS;

GLACIERS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CENOZOIC; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; REEDY GLACIER;

EID: 74649085088     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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