Post-LGM deglaciation in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-26

  Kirshner, Alexandra E ^a   Anderson, John B ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^b   O'Regan, Matthew ^c   Majewski, Wojciech ^d   Nitsche, Frank O ^e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Glacial history; Glacial retreat; Grounding line stability; Ice stream; Last Glacial Maximum; Pine Island Bay; Pine Island Glacier; Subglacial meltwater; Warm deep water

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; DEEP WATER; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL RETREAT; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PINE ISLAND BAY; PINE ISLAND GLACIERS; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; FACIES; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER RETREAT; GROUNDING LINE; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; PEBBLE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; WARM WATER;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND BAY; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84862816272     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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