The influence of sub-glacial bed evolution on ice extent: A model-based evaluation of the Last Glacial Maximum Pukaki glacier, New Zealand

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-57

  McKinnon, Karen A ^a,b   Mackintosh, Andrew N ^b   Anderson, Brian M ^b   Barrell, David J A ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Glacier bed profiles; Glacier modeling; Last Glacial Maximum; New Zealand; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

BED EVOLUTIONS; BEST FIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATEGLACIAL; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MODEL BASED RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL-BASED EVALUATION; MODEL-DRIVEN; NEW ZEALAND; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATES; PROFILE EVOLUTION; TERMINAL MORAINES;

CLIMATE MODELS; ICE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL LANDFORM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ALPS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84868243783     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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