Cenozoic Glacial History in the Ross Sea (Antarctica); Constraints from Seismic Reflection Data

Terra Antarctica

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Brancolini, G ^a   De Santis, L ^a   Lovo, M ^a   Prato, S ^b  

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

^b ICMAT CNR Sez   (Italy)

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