Holocene history of the Larsen - A Ice Shelf constrained by geomagnetic paleointensity dating

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 749-752

  Brachfeld, Stefanie ^a   Domack, Eugene ^b   Kissel, Catherine ^c   Laj, Carlo ^c   Leventer, Amy ^d   Ishman, Scott ^e   Gilbert, Robert ^f   Camerlenghi, Angelo ^g   Eglinton, Lorraine B ^h  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^h WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Geomagnetic paleointensity; Holocene; Larsen Ice Shelf

Indexed keywords

ICE SHELFS;

CARBON; GEOMAGNETISM; ICE;

GEOLOGY;

GEOMAGNETISM; HOLOCENE; ICE SHELF; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0141795545     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19643.1     Document Type: Article

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