Ice keel seabed features in marine channels of the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Evidence for former ice streams and iceberg scouring

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2280-2301

  MacLean, B ^a   Blasco, S ^a   Bennett, R ^a   England, J ^b   Rainey, W ^a   Hughes Clarke, J ^c   Beaudoin, J ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CHANNEL AXIS; FLOW FEATURES; ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MULTI-BEAM; SEABED SEDIMENTS; STUDY AREAS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHIPELAGO; BATHYMETRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIATION; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SCOUR; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TRANSECT; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT; PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND [NUNAVUT]; SOMERSET ISLAND;

EID: 77955266564     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.032     Document Type: Article

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