Antarctic continental weathering changes during Eocene-Oligocene cryosphere expansion: Clay mineral and oxygen isotope evidence

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 587-590

  Robert, Christian ^a   Kennett, James P ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; EXPANSION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WEATHERING;

ANTARCTIC CLIMATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; CLIMATE TRANSITION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ICE ACCUMULATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; EARLY OLIGOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

CLAY MINERALS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYOSPHERE; DEGLACIATION; EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; CLAY MINERALS; CONTINENTAL WEATHERING; ODP; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA; MAUD RISE; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0031435291     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0587:ACWCDE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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