Neogene glacial record from the Sirius Group of the Shackleton Glacier region, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 994-1015

  Hambrey, Michael J ^a   Webb, Peter Noel ^b   Harwood, David M ^c   Krissek, Lawrence A ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glacial record; Neogene; Shackleton Glacier; Sirius Group; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

GLACIOGENIC SEDIMENTS;

EROSION; GLACIERS; ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FACIES ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; NEOGENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0043286731     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25183.1     Document Type: Article

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