Geochemical Indicators of Weathering and Cenozoic Palaeoclimates in Sediments from CRP-1 and CIROS-1, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Terra Antarctica

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 673-680

  Krissek, L A ^a   Kyle, P R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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