Late Quaternary glacial history constrains glacio-isostatic rebound in Enderby Land, East Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 401-413

  White, Duanne A ^a,b   Fink, David ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating; glacial erosion; Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE); mass balance; sea level; subglacial environments

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIOISOSTASY; GRACE; HOLOCENE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ENDERBY LAND;

EID: 84898678867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002870     Document Type: Article

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