Late Holocene ice-flow reconfiguration in the Weddell Sea sector of West Antarctica

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-107

  Siegert, Martin ^a   Ross, Neil ^b   Corr, Hugh ^c   Kingslake, Jonathan ^c   Hindmarsh, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice rise; Ice sheet stability; Internal layers; Marine ice sheet

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; INTERNAL LAYERS; LATE HOLOCENE; REORGANISATION; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

GLACIERS;

ICE;

DEEP SEA; DEFORMATION; FLOW PATTERN; HOLOCENE; ICE FLOW; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84883440776     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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