Glaciation across the Oligocene-Miocene boundary in southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: New chronology from the CIROS-1 drill hole

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-130

  Roberts, Andrew P ^a   Wilson, Gary S ^b   Harwood, David M ^c   Verosub, Kenneth L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; CIROS; Glacial history; Miocene; Oligocene; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE MIOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGIDITES; NOTHOFAGUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0141626559     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00399-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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