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Glossary of glaciated continental margins and related geoscience methods

T. Bell, A. K. Cooper, A. Solheim, B. J. Todd, J. A. Dowdeswell, M. Canals, M. Jakobsson, E. K. Dowdeswell and K. A. Hogan
Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 46, 555-574, 30 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.177
T. Bell
1Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada
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2US Geological Survey, Marine and Coastal Geology, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
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A. Solheim
3Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Postboks 3930, Ulleval Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway
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B. J. Todd
4Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada
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J. A. Dowdeswell
5Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK
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M. Canals
6GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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M. Jakobsson
7Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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5Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK
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K. A. Hogan
8British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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The original version of this glossary was published almost 20 years ago in the landmark volume Glaciated Continental Margins: An Atlas of Acoustic Images (Bell et al. 1997). For the present volume, we have modified the text and added academically accepted terminology gleaned from the manuscripts submitted to the present Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms and from other sources.

By its nature, an atlas that illustrates acoustic images of glacimarine features and environments will incorporate a specialized vocabulary that covers many earth science disciplines. This revised glossary contains abbreviated non-technical definitions of commonly used terms to help the reader, as needed, understand the Atlas contributions, and to facilitate communications between specialists and others in the broader scientific community.

The majority of terms defined here are found in the papers contributed to the Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms. Other commonly used technical terms are also included to assist with wider reading, for example of papers in the cumulated bibliography to this Atlas. The glossary, therefore, provides a balanced sample of terminology currently used in technical publications. The context of the definitions that are provided is directed towards studies of past and present glacimarine environments and, in some cases, may not rigorously apply to other geological studies. In addition, we emphasize the common current usage of the terms, and do not state or attempt to trace their historical meanings.

Internet resources are now commonly available to assist the reader, and we have listed a short selection at the end of the Glossary. In compiling the glossary, we have consulted the dictionaries and glossaries that are listed in the ‘Written Sources’ section extensively, and have modified some of the definitions listed therein. For this glossary, however, we accept responsibility for any errors.

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Glossary of glaciated continental margins and related geoscience methods

T. Bell, A. K. Cooper, A. Solheim, B. J. Todd, J. A. Dowdeswell, M. Canals, M. Jakobsson, E. K. Dowdeswell and K. A. Hogan
Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 46, 555-574, 30 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.177
T. Bell
1Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada
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2US Geological Survey, Marine and Coastal Geology, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
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A. Solheim
3Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Postboks 3930, Ulleval Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway
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B. J. Todd
4Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada
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5Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK
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6GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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7Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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