Comment on Shaw J., Pugin, A. and Young, R. (2008): "A meltwater origin for Antarctic shelf bedforms with special attention to megalineations", Geomorphology 102, 364-375

Geomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 195-198

  Ó Cofaigh, Colm ^a   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^b   King, Edward C ^c   Anderson, John B ^d   Clark, Chris D ^e   Evans, David J A ^a   Evans, Jeffrey ^f   Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^c   Larter, Robert D ^c   Stokes, Chris R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Drumlins; Ice streams; Mega scale glacial lineations; Meltwater; Subglacial landforms

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; DRUMLIN; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE STREAM; LINEATION; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77549083994     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.036     Document Type: Note

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