Seismo-stratigraphic analysis of the Wilkes Land continental margin (East Antarctica): Influence of glacially driven processes on the Cenozoic deposition

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1563-1594

  De Santis, Laura ^a   Brancolini, Giuliano ^a   Donda, Federica ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MORPHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

POLAR GLACIAL SYSTEMS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; WILKES LAND;

EID: 0038209522     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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