Large-scale reorganization and sedimentation of terrestrial ice streams during late Wisconsinan Laurentide Ice Sheet deglaciation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 743-756

  Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Evans, David J A ^a   Smith, I Rod ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; CANADIAN PRAIRIE; DEGLACIATIONS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW DIRECTION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; STREAMING FLOW; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME-SCALES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; GLACIERS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACKING RADAR;

ICE;

DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MORAINE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; WISCONSINAN;

EID: 77953753387     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26476.1     Document Type: Article

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