Late Quaternary Iceberg rafting along the Antarctic Peninsula continental rise and in the Weddell and Scotia Seas

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 308-321

  Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^a   Pudsey, Carol J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarctic Peninsula; Ice rafted debris; Quaternary; Weddell and Scotia Seas

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; CONTINENTAL RISE; ICE SHEET; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG CALVING; QUATERNARY; RABIES;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0035526667     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2267     Document Type: Article

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