Landform of Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Amundsen Bay, Enderby Land: Results of a preliminary survey
Reconnaissance survey of the Mt. Riiser-Larsen area, Enderby Land, was carried out by Japanese field party in February 1982. Geomor-phological observation and airphoto interpretation enable us to describe some geomorphic features of the area. Glaciated landforms and the classified morainic features...
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National Institute of Polar Research
1983
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| Summary: | Reconnaissance survey of the Mt. Riiser-Larsen area, Enderby Land, was carried out by Japanese field party in February 1982. Geomor-phological observation and airphoto interpretation enable us to describe some geomorphic features of the area. Glaciated landforms and the classified morainic features appear to indicate the following events : The formation of alpine land-forms prior to the growth of the ice sheet, inundation by the expanded ice sheet up to the summit, retreat of the ice sheet to the present level intervened by one considerable standstill, formation of local cirque glaciers and their extinction. The major ice retreat might have taken place before the last glaciation of the Northern Hemisphere. |
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