Reevaluation of the timing and extent of late Paleozoic glaciation in Gondwana: Role of the Transantarctic Mountains

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 977-980

  Isbell, John L ^a   Lenaker, Paul A ^a   Askin, Rosemary A ^b   Miller, Molly F ^c   Babcock, Loren E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Carboniferous; Glacioeustasy; Gondwanan glaciation; Permian

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT DEFORMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ICE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONIFEROUS; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; GLACIOEUSTACY; GONDWANA; PERMIAN;

EID: 0347478197     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19810.1     Document Type: Article

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