Rock glacier characteristics serve as an indirect record of multiple alpine glacier advances in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Winsor, Kelsey, Swanger, Kate M., Babcock, Esther, Valletta, Rachel D., Dickson, James L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Doran Glacier; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Ross Sea; Taylor Valley; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-135; https://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/tc-2019-135/

The geomorphic record indicates that alpine glaciers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica appear to advance during interglacial periods in response to ice-free conditions in the Ross Sea. Few records of these advances are preserved and/or subaerially exposed, complicating...