Inferring sites of subglacial erosion using the Pb isotopic composition of ice-rafted feldspar: Examples from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-150

  Flowerdew, M J ^a   Tyrrell, S ^b   Peck, V L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BASAL ICE; BED ROUGHNESS; BEDROCK EROSION; CATCHMENT AREA; GLACIATED MARGINS; GRAVITY DATA; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; ICE VELOCITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; ROCK UNITS; WEDDELL SEA;

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; EROSION; FELDSPAR; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; RUNOFF; SHEAR STRESS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ICE;

BASAL ICE; CATCHMENT; EROSION; FELDSPAR; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84873464460     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33644.1     Document Type: Article

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