Sedimentological signature of a deformable bed preserved beneath an Ice stream in a late Pleistocene glacial sequence, Ross sea, Antarctica

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 270-282

  Cowan, Ellen A ^a   Christoffersen, Poul ^b   Powell, Ross D ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; CORE DRILLING; CORE SAMPLES; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INFILL DRILLING; PELLETIZING; SHEAR STRESS; TEXTURES; THERMODYNAMICS;

DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MECHANICAL SHEARING; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; ROTATIONAL DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL SIGNATURE; SUBGLACIAL CONDITIONS;

ICE;

DEFORMATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; PLEISTOCENE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84862006370     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.25     Document Type: Article

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