Enigmatic boulder trains, supraglacial rock avalanches, and the origin of "Darwin's boulders," Tierra del Fuego

GSA Today

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4-10

  Evenson, Edward B ^a   Burkhart, Patrick A ^b   Gosse, John C ^c   Baker, Gregory S ^d   Jackofsky, Dan ^e   Meglioli, Andres ^f   Dalziel, Ian ^g   Kraus, Stefan ^h   Alley, Richard B ⁱ   Berti, Claudio ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e Esso Australia   (Australia)

^f ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^h Instituto Antarctico Chileno   (Chile)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; CHRONOLOGY; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE RAFTING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PETROGRAPHY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKFALL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; MAGELLAN STRAIT; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 76249118156     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG72A.1     Document Type: Article

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