History of the grounded ice sheet in the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica during the last glacial maximum and the last termination

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-181

  Hall, Brenda L ^a   Denton, George H ^a   Stone, John O ^b   Conway, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; HOLOCENE; LAST ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84883795045     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP381.5     Document Type: Article

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