Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the Mac Robertson shelf, East Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 47-72

  Harris, P T ^a   O'Brien, P E ^b  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Continental shelf; Currents; Glacial processes; Sedimentary processes

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032190952     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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