Sedimentary processes across the continental rise of the southern Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 91-109

  McGinnis, John P ^a   Hayes, Dennis E ^b   Driscoll, Neal W ^c  

^a Amerada Hess Corporation   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Continental rise; Glacial marine sediments; Margin sedimentation; Paleoceanography; Sediment mounds

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RISE; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; GLACIATION; SEDIMENT MOUND; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA CONTINENTAL RISE, TULA MOUND;

EID: 0030668650     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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