Magnetobiostratigraphic chronology of the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the CIROS-1 core, Victoria Land margin, Antarctica: Implications for Antarctic glacial history

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-47

  Wilson, Gary S ^a,e   Roberts, Andrew P ^b   Verosub, Kenneth L ^c   Florindo, Fabio ^d   Sagnotti, Leonardo ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY INTERVALS; CLIMATIC EPISODES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION RATES; ANTARCTIC CLIMATE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATUM; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; EOCENE/OLIGOCENE TRANSITION; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0031839746     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0035:MCOTEO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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