A reassessment of the age of the Cockburn Island Formation, northern Antarctic Peninsula, and its palaeoclimatic implications

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 737-740

  Jonkers, H A ^a   Kelley, S P ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032405549     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.5.0737     Document Type: Article

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