Erosion and transport by Byrd Glacier, Antarctica during the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-48

  Licht, K J ^a   Palmer, E F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Petrography; Provenance; Till

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARCHEAN; BEDROCK OUTCROP; CENTRAL BASIN; DATA SETS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GLACIAL TILL; GLACIER TILL; ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PROVENANCE; ROCK TYPES; ROSS SEA; SAND FRACTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUBGLACIAL PROCESS; TILL; TRIASSIC;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

ICE;

ARCHEAN; BEDROCK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; HOLOCENE; ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MORAINE; NUNATAK; OUTCROP; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; TILL; TRIASSIC; URANIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA; BYRD GLACIER; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84871740604     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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