Late quaternary sediment facies in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica and their relationship to glacial advance onto the continental shelf

Antarctic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 236-246

  Domack, Eugene ^a   O'Brien, Phil ^b   Harris, Peter ^c   Taylor, Fiona ^a,c   Quilty, Patrick G ^c,d   De Santis, Laura ^e   Raker, Benjamin ^f  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^f WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Glacial marine; Late Quaternary; Prydz Bay; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031724345     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102098000339     Document Type: Article

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