First geomorphological record and glacial history of an inter-ice stream ridge on the West Antarctic continental shelf

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-61

  Klages, J P ^a   Kuhn, G ^a   Hillenbrand, C D ^b   Graham, A G C ^b   Smith, J A ^b   Larter, R D ^b   Gohl, K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Glacial flow; Glacial history; Glacial retreat; Ice stream; Inter ice stream ridge; Last Glacial Maximum; Pine Island Bay; West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; GLACIAL FLOW; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL RETREAT; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; INTER-ICE STREAM RIDGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PINE ISLAND BAY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; SEA ICE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; OVERPRINTING; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84871913109     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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