The seismic architecture and geometry of grounding-zone wedges formed at the marine margins of past ice sheets

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1750-1761

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Fugelli, E M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BP Norway ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; ANTARCTICA; CAVITY SHAPE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; GREENLAND; GROUNDING-ZONE WEDGES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-ENERGY FLOWS; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; MASS LOSS; PINNING POINTS; PROGRADATION; SEA FLOOR; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEISMIC PROFILES; SHALLOW WATERS;

DEBRIS; REFLECTION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

ICE;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENERGY FLOW; GEOMETRY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHALLOW WATER; STABILIZATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84871149800     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30628.1     Document Type: Article

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