Modern surface sediments and non‐deposition in Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 645-652

  McMinn, A ^a   Bloxham, J J ^a   Whitehead, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biogenic; Diatoms; Ellis Fjord; Holocene; Sediments

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FJORD; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031716845     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728419     Document Type: Article

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