Geometry and development of glacial continental margin depositional systems in the Bellingshausen Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 277-302

  Nitsche, Frank O ^a   Cunningham, Alex P ^b   Larter, Rob D ^b   Gohl, Karsten ^a  

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

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Bellingshausen Sea; Glacial marine sedimentation; Reflection seismic survey; Sediment drifts

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; PLEISTOCENE;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA;

EID: 0034651198     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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