Some Mechanisms of Controlled Moraine Development, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Rains, R. B., Shaw, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Victoria Land; Webb; Moraine Ridge; Wright Lower Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Journal of Glaciology; Webb Glacier
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000011278; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000011278

Abstract Contemporary processes of moraine development at the margins of polar glaciers encompass a wide range of subtly different mechanisms. Two types of “controlled” moraine evolution, applicable to hummocks and transverse moraine ridges, are identified from Wright Lower Glacier and Webb Glacier,...