Holocene glacial history and sea-level changes on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-273

  Hjort, Christian ^a   Ingólfsson, Ólafur ^b   Möller, Per ^a   Lirio, Juan Manuel ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glaciation; James Ross Island; Palaeoclimatology; Quaternary geology; Sea levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000925307     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199707/08)12:4<259::aid-jqs307>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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