The contribution of glacial erosion to shaping the hidden landscape of East Antarctica

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-207

  Thomson, Stuart N ^a   Reiners, Peter W ^a   Hemming, Sidney R ^b   Gehrels, George E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DATING METHOD; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HEATING; ICE SHEET; LANDSCAPE; MINERAL; MORAINE; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAMBERT GLACIER; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 84874622682     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1722     Document Type: Article

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