LGM ice sheet extent in the Weddell Sea: Evidence for diachronous behavior of Antarctic Ice Sheets

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-31

  Stolldorf, Travis ^a   Schenke, Hans Werner ^b   Anderson, John B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geomorphology; Glacial history; Glacial retreat; Glacial trough; Grounding line position; Hughes Trough; Ice sheet; Last glacial maximum; Radiocarbon; Weddell sea

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL RETREAT; GLACIAL TROUGH; GROUNDING LINE; HUGHES TROUGH; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RADIOCARBON; WEDDELL SEA;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; RHENIUM; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DIACHRONISM; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84863095231     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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