Marshall Paraconformity: A mid-Oligocene record of inception of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and coeval glacio-eustatic lowstand?

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-77

  Fulthorpe, Craig S ^a   Carter, Robert M ^b   Miller, Kenneth G ^c   Wilson, Julia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctic circumpolar current; Sea level changes; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MARSHALL PARACONFORMITY; OLIGOCENE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY BASIN; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY BASIN;

EID: 0029729422     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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