Late Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Admiralty Sound region, James Ross Basin, Antarctica

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-137

  Pirrie, D ^a   Crame, J A ^b   Lomas, S A ^b   Riding, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biostratigraphy; Campanian Maastrichtian; James Ross Basin; Lithostratigraphy; Palynology

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA, JAMES ROSS ISLAND; ANTARCTICA, SEYMOUR ISLAND; ANTARCTICA, SNOW HILL ISLAND; ANTARCTICA, VEGA ISLAND;

EID: 0030856943     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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