Rapid deglaciation of Marguerite Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula in the Early Holocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3338-3349

  Bentley, M J ^a,b   Johnson, J S ^b   Hodgson, D A ^b   Dunai, T ^c   Freeman, S P H T ^d   O'Cofaigh, C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Circumpolar Deep Water; Cosmogenic; Ice stream; Rapid retreat

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CIRCUMPOLAR DEEP WATER; COSMOGENIC; ICE STREAM; RAPID RETREAT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; RIVERS;

ICE;

CHRONOLOGY; DEEP WATER; DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 82355193869     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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