Oligocene and Pliocene interglacial events in the Antarctic Peninsula dated using strontium isotope stratigraphy

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-264

  Dingle, R V ^a   McArthur, J M ^b   Vroon, P ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

67Sr 86Sr; Antarctic Peninsula; Interglacial environments; Oligocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

INTERGLACIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC STRATIGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRONTIUM;

ANTARCTICA, COCKBURN ISLAND; ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, KING GEORGE ISLAND;

EID: 0030877267     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.2.0257     Document Type: Article

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