Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Western Olympus Range, Antarctica: Implications for Ice-sheet History

• Main Author: VandenHeuvel, Brett
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2002
• Subjects: Geomorphology; Ice Sheets; Climate; Earth Sciences; Geology; Antarctic; Circe; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Olympus; Olympus Range; Selby; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; polar desert
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/657; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/1546/viewcontent/VandenHeuvelB2002.pdf

A widespread erosion surface passes across bedrock and sedimentary deposits in the western Dry Valleys sector of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM), southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The surface includes stoss-and-lee slopes, channels, potholes, scoured basins, and corrugated bedrock. These featur...