Ice stream retreat dynamics inferred from an assemblage of landforms in the northern Barents Sea

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-257

  Andreassen, Karin ^a   Winsborrow, Monica C M ^a   Bjarnadóttir, Lilja R ^a   Rüther, Denise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corrugation ridges; Crevasse squeeze ridges; Deglaciation; Grounding zone wedge; Ice stream landform model; Ice stream surging; Marine ice stream retreat dynamics; Northern Barents Sea

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEA ICE; STREAM FLOW;

CORRUGATION RIDGES; CREVASSE-SQUEEZE RIDGES; DEGLACIATIONS; GROUNDING-ZONE WEDGES; ICE-STREAM SURGING; NORTHERN BARENTS SEA;

DYNAMICS;

CREVASSE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GROUNDING LINE; ICE FLOW; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; ICEBERG;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BJORNOYRENNA; HINLOPEN STRAIT; PINE ISLAND BAY; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84900450122     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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