Glacial sediment provenance, dispersal and deposition, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-269

  Gore, Damian B ^a   Snape, I ^b   Leishman, M R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glacial transport; Gneiss; Landforms; Sediment geochemistry

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIAL TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037567407     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001263     Document Type: Article

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