Formation of mega-scale glacial lineations on the Dubawnt Lake Ice Stream bed: 2. Sedimentology and stratigraphy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-227

  O Cofaigh C ^a   Stokes, C R ^a   Lian, O B ^b   Clark, C D ^c   Tulacyzk, S ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dubawnt Lake Palaeo Ice Stream; Ice streams; Mega scale glacial lineations; Sedimentology; Subglacial bedforms

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; DUBAWNT LAKE PALAEO-ICE STREAM; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; GLACIAL LINEATION; ICE STREAMS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; SUBGLACIAL LANDFORMS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRINGERS;

SEDIMENTS;

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL TRANSPORT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LINEATION; OUTWASH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TILL;

CANADA; DUBAWNT LAKE; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84883736220     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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