Sedimentary record of explosive silicic volcanism in a Cretaceous deep-marine conglomerate succession, northern Antarctic Peninsula

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 451-470

  Hathway, B ^a,b   Kelley, S P ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Aptian; Back arc basins; Turbidites; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034035841     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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