Upper Oligocene to lowermost Miocene strata of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Stratigraphy, facies analysis, and implications for the glacial history of the Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 510-523

  Troedson, Alexa L ^a   Riding, James B ^a  

^a Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE; ICE COVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTICA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

DEBRIS; SANDSTONE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; GLACIGENIC DEBRIS FLOWS; PELAGIC CARBONATES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036051329     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/110601720510     Document Type: Article

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