Interglacial collapse of crary through-mouth fan, weddell sea, antarctica: Implications for antarctic glacial history

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1276-1289

  Bart, Philip J ^a   De Batist, Marc ^b   Jokat, Wilfried ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0033491522     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268B5D-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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