Pliocene-Holocene contourite deposition under the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, western Falkland Trough, South Atlantic Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-50

  Howe, John A ^a   Pudsey, Carol J ^a   Cunningham, Alex P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Contourites; Glacial; Glaucony; Interglacial

Indexed keywords

AMTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CAINOZOIC; CONTOURITE; CONTOURITES; CURRENTS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC, FALKLAND TROUGH;

EID: 0030876135     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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