Exceptions to bed-controlled ice sheet flow and retreat from glaciated continental margins worldwide

Geological records of former ice sheets show that behavior cannot be predicted solely from catchment-scale topography and geology.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science Advances
Main Authors: Greenwood, Sarah L., Simkins, Lauren M., Winsborrow, Monica C. M., Bjarnadóttir, Lilja R.
Other Authors: University of Virginia, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Research Council of Norway, International Union for Quaternary Research
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6291
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abb6291
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.abb6291
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Summary:Geological records of former ice sheets show that behavior cannot be predicted solely from catchment-scale topography and geology.