Ice-flow switching and East/West Antarctic Ice Sheet roles in glaciation of the western Ross Sea

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1736-1749

  Greenwood, Sarah L ^a   Gyllencreutz, Richard ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^a   Anderson, John B ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC DATA; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEGLACIAL; DYNAMIC CHANGES; FOUR-STAGE MODEL; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORMS; GLACIAL LINEATION; GROUNDING LINE; GROUNDING-ZONE WEDGES; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; ICE-CAPS; IN-PHASE; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOCAL OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; MULTIBEAMS; PINNING POINTS; ROSS SEA; SEA FLOOR; WESTWARD FLOW;

GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEA ICE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; ROSS ISLAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 84871147312     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30643.1     Document Type: Article

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