The Pleistocene evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Prydz bay region: Stable isotopic evidence from ODP Site 1167

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 227-256

  Theissen, Kevin M ^a,d   Dunbar, Robert B ^a   Cooper, Alan K ^a,b   Mucciarone, David A ^a   Hoffmann, Dirk ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminifers; Ocean Drilling Program; Paleoclimate; Prydz Bay; Quaternary; Stable isotopes; Trough mouth fan

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA CRASSA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 0141976749     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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