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Spatial variability of marine-terminating ice sheet retreat in the Puget Lowland
Marion A. McKenzie
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Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
now at: Geology and Geological Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, 1105 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80201, USA
Lauren E. Miller
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Allison P. Lepp
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Regina DeWitt
Department of Physics, East Carolina University, 1000 E. 5th St., Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA
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Short summary
Records of the interaction between land and glacial ice movement in the Puget Lowland of Washington State are used to interpret that solid Earth movement provided stability to this marine-terminating glacial ice for at least 500 years. These results are significant because this landscape is similar to parts of the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Antarctic Peninsula, indicating that the interactions seen in this area are applicable to modern glaciated regions.
Records of the interaction between land and glacial ice movement in the Puget Lowland of...
