Late Quaternary grounded ice extent in the Filchner Trough, Weddell Sea, Antarctica: New marine geophysical evidence

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue C, 2012, Pages 111-122

  Larter, Robert D ^a   Graham, Alastair G C ^a   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^a   Smith, James A ^a   Gales, Jennifer A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic profile; Antarctic; Bathymetry; Bedform; Furrow; Geomorphology; Grounding zone wedge; Ice sheet; Last Glacial Maximum; Lineation

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; BED FORMS; FURROW; GROUNDING-ZONE WEDGES; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LINEATION;

BATHYMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ICE;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BEDFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHELF; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LINEATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELF BREAK; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ANTARCTICA; FILCHNER-RONNE ICE SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84866097857     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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