Degradation of glacial deposits quantified with cosmogenic nuclides, Quartermain Mountains, Antarctica

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Morgan, Daniel J., Putkonen, Jaakko, Balco, Greg, Stone, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Quartermain Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.2039; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fesp.2039; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.2039

Abstract Many glacial deposits in the Quartermain Mountains, Antarctica present two apparent contradictions regarding the degradation of unconsolidated deposits. The glacial deposits are up to millions of years old, yet they have maintained their meter‐scale morphology despite the fact that bedrock...