Till genesis at the bed of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream as indicated by micromorphological analysis

Boreas

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 498-517

  Reinardy, Benedict T I ^a   Hiemstra, John F ^a   Murray, Tavi ^a   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^b   Larter, Robert D ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUDINAGE; COMPACTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; DEWATERING; ICE STREAM; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PETROGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; TILL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79959572657     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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