Shelf progradation on a glaciated continental margin, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 109-122

  Kristoffersen, Y ^a   Winterhalter, B ^b   Solheim, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glacial sediments; Seismic stratigraphy; Shelf progradation; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PROGRADATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ANTARCTICA; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0034655221     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00136-X     Document Type: Article

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