Late Cenozoic Antarctic paleoclimate reconstructed from volcanic ashes in the Dry Valleys region of southern Victoria Land

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-194

  Marchant, David R ^a,d   Denton, George H ^a   Swisher III, Carl C ^b   Potter Jr , Noel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; PAVEMENTS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

AUTHIGENIC CLAYS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EAST ANTARCTICA; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; GROUND SURFACES; LATERAL CONTACT; POLAR CONDITIONS; SAND AND GRAVELS; COLD DESERTS; LATE CENOZOIC; PALEOCLIMATES; SOIL PROFILES;

VOLCANOES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; CLAY; DRY DEPOSITION; ELEVATION; EMPLACEMENT; GLACIER FLOW; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; VOLCANIC SOIL; COLD DESERT; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; VOLCANIC ASH;

ANTARCTICA; ARENA VALLEY; BEACON VALLEY; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND; DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 0029729855     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0181:LCAPRF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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