Comment on Alley et al. (2006): 'Outburst flooding and the initiation of ice-stream surges in response to climatic cooling: A hypothesis', Geomorphology 75, 76–89

While the paper by Alley et al. (Alley, R.B., Dupont, T.K., Parizek, B.R., Anandakrishnan, S., Lawson, D.E., Larson, G.J., Evenson, E.B., 2006. Outburst flooding and the initiation of ice-stream surges in response to climatic cooling: A hypothesis. Geomorphology 75, 76–89) is a welcome contribution as it presents some new arguments and expands the discussion, it unfortunately overlooked the literature on the captured ice shelf (CIS) hypothesis. Considering all recent results, the hypothesis has the potential for drastically altering our understanding of sudden climate change during the Quaternary period. Also, the interpretation of macrogeomorphology in land-ice covered continents and seas, including the Hudson Bay and the Baltic Sea, is affected.