Seismic stratigraphy, sedimentary architecture and palaeo-glaciology of the Mackenzie Trough: Evidence for two Quaternary ice advances and limited fan development on the western Canadian Beaufort Sea margin

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-87

  Batchelor, C L ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Pietras, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounding zone wedge; Ice stream; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Mackenzie Trough; Seismic reflection; Trough mouth fan

Indexed keywords

GROUNDING-ZONE WEDGES; ICE STREAMS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MACKENZIE TROUGH; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ICE;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FAN DELTA; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; GROUNDING LINE; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MORAINE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL; TROUGH; WISCONSINAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; MACKENZIE TROUGH;

EID: 84873738021     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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