A case for Sirius Group alpine glaciation at Mount Fleming, south Victoria Land, Antarctica: A case against Pliocene East Antarctic Ice Sheet reduction

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 825-840

  Stroeven, Arjen P ^a   Prentice, Michael L ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; DRY VALLEY; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; EOLIAN DEPOSITION; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; ICE FLOW; MARINE DIATOMS; PLIOCENE; % REDUCTIONS;

ICE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; PLIOCENE; ALPINE GLACIATION; PALAEOCLIMATE; SIRIUS GROUP; TILL;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; MOUNT FLEMING; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0030827506     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0825:ACFSGA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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