Sediment distribution and sedimentary processes across the Antarctic Wilkes Land margin during the Quaternary

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1481-1508

  Escutia, C ^a   Warnke, D ^b   Acton, G D ^c   Barcena, A ^d   Burckle, L ^e   Canals, M ^f   Frazee, C S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GLACIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION;

COASTAL ZONES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTICA; WILKES LAND;

EID: 0038548338     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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