On marine microfossil transport and pathways in Antarctica during the late Neogene: Evidence from the Sirius Group at Mount Fleming

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 727-730

  Stroeven, Arien P ^a   Prentice, Michael L ^b   Kleman, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; LATE NEOGENE; MARINE DIATOMS; RE-EXPANSION; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; ANTARCTICA; CRYOSPHERE;

ICE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

DIAMICTON; DIATOM; EMPLACEMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; ICE SHEET; MICROFOSSIL; NEOGENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; ICE CAPS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; PROVENANCE; TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MOUNT FLEMING; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0030468998     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0727:OMMTAP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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