Implications of quartz grain microtextures for onset Eocene/Oligocene Glaciation in Prydz Bay, ODP Site 1166, Antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-111

  Strand, Kari ^a   Passchier, Sandra ^b   Näsi, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eocene Oligocene glaciation; Glacial sedimentation; Ice sheet evolution; Quartz sand; Scanning electron microscope; Surface texture

Indexed keywords

EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; TEXTURE;

ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 0141522913     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00396-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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