Implications of late Eocene to early Miocene clay mineral assemblages in McMurdo sound (Ross sea, Antarctica) on paleoclimate and ice dynamics

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 213-231

  Ehrmann, Werner ^a  

^a Inst fur Geol Wiss und G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Clay minerals; Glaciation; Ice dynamics; McMurdo Sound; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; EOCENE; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENT; ICE DYNAMICS; MIOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA, ROSS SEA;

EID: 0032079470     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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