Blanketing snow and ice; constraints on radiocarbon dating deglaciation in East Antarctic oases

Antarctic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-346

  Gore, Damian B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogenic sediment; Deglaciation; Quaternary; Radiocarbon dating; Superimposed ice

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SEDIMENTATION; CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; ICE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SNOW;

(EAST); ANTARCTICA;

HIATUS;

EID: 0030793788     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102097000412     Document Type: Article

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