Chronology of late Wisconsin ice retreat from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-226

  Licht, Kathy J ^a   Jennings, Anne E ^a   Andrews, John T ^a   Williams, Kerstin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GLACIAL ICE; ICE SHELVES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELVES; RADIOCARBON DATES; ROSS ICE SHELVES; ROSS ISLANDS; ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; WISCONSIN;

ICE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORE ANALYSIS; DIAMICTON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE RETREAT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RADIOCARBON DATING; WISCONSINAN; AMS; GEOCHRONOMETRY; ICE COVER; LATE WISCONSIN; RADIOCARBON DATE; RETREAT;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0029750489     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0223:COLWIR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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