Cenozoic Glacial History of the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: A Micromorphological Investigation of Quartz Sand Grains

Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 153-165

  Kirshner, Alexandra E ^a   Anderson, John B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Glacial history; Grain surface texture; Scanning electron microscopy; Sedimentology; SHALDRIL

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; QUARTZ; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SHEAR STRESS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA ICE SHEET; GLACIAL HISTORY; GRAIN SURFACE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; SHALDRIL; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84874622122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2010SP001046     Document Type: Chapter

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