Last glaciation of Vestfold Hills: extension of the East Antarctic ice sheet or lateral expansion of Sørsdal Glacier?

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Gore, D.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Vestfold Hills; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Vestfold; Sørsdal Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740001411x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740001411X

Abstract Opinions are divided as to whether the area of Vestfold Hills was formerly covered by the East Antarctic ice sheet or S0rsdal Glacier. Striae orientations have been used to erect the model of extension of the ice sheet followed by a minor lateral expansion of Sørsdal Glacier, while basal ti...