Fig. 4: Bering ice stream terminus position. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Bering ice stream terminus position.

From: Sediment controls dynamic behavior of a Cordilleran Ice Stream at the Last Glacial Maximum

Fig. 4: Bering ice stream terminus position.

Cartoons showing BIS terminus position within the trough at positions A–C identified on seismic profile in Fig. 3b and paleoenvironmental conditions recorded by sedimentary facies on the continental slope at Site U1421. a Maximum advance with terminus at shelf edge. b Terminus fluctuates between A and B. c Terminus readvance from C to A with formation of ice-contact delta filling inner shelf basin. d Complete retreat with terminus landward of C.

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