A new depositional model for ice shelves, based upon sediment cores from the Ross Sea and the Mac. Robertson shelf, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 281-284

  Domack, Eugene W ^a   Harris, P T ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHELF; MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032409299     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998aog27-1-281-284     Document Type: Article

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