Garwood valley, antarctica: A new record of last glacial maximum to holocene glaciofluvial processes in the mcmurdo dry valleys

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1484-1502

  Levy, Joseph S ^a,e   Fountain, Andrew G ^b   O'Connor, Jim E ^c   Welch, Kathy A ^d   Lyons, W Berry ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Water Science Center   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; HYDROLOGICAL ACTIVITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; PROGLACIAL LAKES; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LAKES; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDING LINE; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GARWOOD VALLEY; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84883152424     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30783.1     Document Type: Article

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