High latitude Eocene climate deterioration: Evidence from the northern Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 571-579

  Dingle, R V ^a,c   Marenssi, S A ^b   Lavelle, M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032432865     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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