Subglacial Meltwater Channels at Cape Jones, Obruchev Hills, Antarctica

• Published in: Australian Geographical Studies
• Main Authors: COLHOUN, ERIC A., ADAMSON, DONALD A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Cape Jones; Denman Glacier; Obruchev; Obruchev Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8470.1989.tb00605.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1467-8470.1989.tb00605.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-8470.1989.tb00605.x

Subglacial curved and winding meltwater channels, and Sichelwannen are recorded from Cape Jones in the Obruchev Hills. Such channels, sometimes referred to as P‐forms, may have a variety of origins. After briefly considering the origins, it is deduced that those at Cape Jones were formed subglaciall...