Major deglaciation of east Antarctica during the early Late Pliocene? Not likely from a marine perspective

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 237-251

  Warnke, Detlef A ^a   Marzo, Bonnie ^a   Hodell, David A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; ICE CAPS; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICE SHEET; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC, METEOR RISE;

EID: 0029751369     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8398(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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