Miocene glaciomarine sedimentation in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region: The stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Hobbs Glacier Formation, James Ross Island

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 745-762

  Pirrie, D ^a   Crame, J A ^b   Riding, J B ^c   Butcher, A R ^a   Taylor, P D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA, JAMES ROSS ISLAND;

EID: 0031404920     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007796     Document Type: Article

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