Geophysical evidence of a late Pleistocene glaciation and paleo-ice stream on the Atlantic Continental Shelf offshore Massachusetts, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 303-306, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-74

  Siegel, Jacob ^a   Dugan, Brandon ^a   Lizarralde, Daniel ^b   Person, Mark ^c   DeFoor, Whitney ^c   Miller, Nathaniel ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial erosion; High resolution seismic data; Ice stream; Late Pleistocene glaciation; Offshore Massachusetts

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL EROSION; ICE STREAMS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MASSACHUSETTS; SEISMIC DATAS;

EROSION; GLACIERS; ICE; ISOTOPES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WATER;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VOLUME;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860548403     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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