This thesis is presented in two parts. The first half deals with the Cenozoic glacial record of Antarctica, and the second half focuses on the Neoproterozoic glacial record of Rodinia. The glacially-influenced Cenozoic continental margin of Antarctica shows a large-scale subsurface seismic stratigraphy consisting of flat-lying topsets recording episodic aggradation of the continental shelf, that rest on seaward-dipping, wedge-shaped foresets formed by the progradation of the continental slope. Strata form topsets record aggradation by till deposition alternating with glacial-marine sedimentation. Strata from foresets record bedris flows and turbidity currents on the active slope close to a source of poorly-sorted glacial debris such as an ice sheet margin reaching the shelf break. (modif. auth. abstr.)