Glacial geomorphology of Marguerite Bay Palaeo-Ice stream, western Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of Maps

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 558-572

  Livingstone, Stephen J ^a   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^b   Stokes, Chris R ^b   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^c   Vieli, Andreas ^b   Jamieson, Stewart S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; bedform variability; geology; glacial geomorphology; marine; palaeo ice stream

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887096279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2013.829411     Document Type: Article

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