Ice-stream initiation, duration and thinning on James Ross Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-88

  Glasser, N F ^a   Davies, B J ^a   Carrivick, J L ^b   Rodes A ^c   Hambrey, M J ^a   Smellie, J L ^d   Domack, E ^e  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cosmogenic isotope dating; Ice streams

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOURS; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; ICE STREAMS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL;

ICE;

AGE DETERMINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; ICE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84892839474     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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