The formation of shear moraines: An example in South Victoria Land, Antartica

• Main Author: Souchez, Roland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: Glaciologie; Ferrar Glacier; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/173118

An analysis of the margin of the ice sheet in the upper Ferrar Glacier area of south Victoria Land. Antarctica, shows that the shear hypothesis and the theory ofvVeertman are both of value if an attempt is made to explain the formation of the morainic deposits of this area. Three types of debris lay...