Grain-size characteristics and provenance of ice-proximal glacial marine sediments

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 203, Issue , 2002, Pages 305-324

  Andrews, John T ^a   Principato, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ROSS SEA;

EID: 0038783331     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.203.01.16     Document Type: Article

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