Volcaniclastic Sedimentation of the Sejong Formation (Late Paleocene-Eocene), Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

Ocean and Polar Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-107

  Yoo, Chan Min ^a   Choe, Moon Young ^a   Jo, Hyung Rae ^a   Kim, Yaedong ^a   Kim, Ki Hyune ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depositional history; Sedimentary facies; Sejong formation; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346526115     PISSN: 1598141X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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