Pothole and channel system formation in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica: New insights from cosmogenic nuclides

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 355-356, Issue , 2012, Pages 341-350

  Middleton, Jennifer L ^a   Ackert Jr , Robert P ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Beryllium 10; Channels; Cosmogenic nuclide; Dry Valleys; Neon 21

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BERYLLIUM-10; CHANNELS; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DRY VALLEY; NEON-21;

BERYLLIUM; EROSION; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; SANDSTONE;

LANDFORMS;

BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; FLOODING; ICE COVER; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; NEON; SANDSTONE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84867900529     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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