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Mountain geomorphology and the last glaciation at Lake St Clair

Kiernan, K 1992 , 'Mountain geomorphology and the last glaciation at Lake St Clair' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 126 , pp. 47-57 , doi: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.126.47.

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Abstract

During the Last Glaciation, the glaciers that developed in the Lake St Clair area were largely controlled by the topography and played only a minor role in shaping the landscape, the most striking glacial features of which were produced during earlier glaciations. The glaciers were subject to continental influences, which resulted in some distinctive depositional and erosional landforms, bur were still of essentially temperate type. In apparent contrast to those in the West Coast Range, the glaciers in the Lake St Clair area retreated systematically in clear
stages.

Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:Kiernan, K
Keywords: Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library, glaciation, palaeoclimate, Lake St Clair, Tasmania, geomorphology, landforms, till, cirque, glacial trough, mountains
Journal or Publication Title: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN: 0080-4703
DOI / ID Number: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.126.47
Collections: Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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