Glaciation of Observation Hill, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica

Abstract East-west glacial striations and grooves were discovered on the summit ridge of Observation Hill, which parallel the present direction of shelf ice movement to the east and south-east of the Hut Point peninsula. This evidence suggests that Observation Hill may have been glaciated by a thick...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Forbes, Robert B., Ester, Donald W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1964
Subjects:
Earth-Surface Processes
Ross Island
Ross Ice Shelf
Hut Point
Hut Point Peninsula
Summit Ridge
Observation Hill
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelf
Journal of Glaciology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000028598
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000028598
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Summary:Abstract East-west glacial striations and grooves were discovered on the summit ridge of Observation Hill, which parallel the present direction of shelf ice movement to the east and south-east of the Hut Point peninsula. This evidence suggests that Observation Hill may have been glaciated by a thickened McMurdo lobe of the adjacent Ross Ice Shelf, moving west, as it does today.

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