Fossiliferous diamicts (Miocene-Pleistocene): Belén, Gage and Terrapin Formations on the James Ross Island, Antarctica;Diamictos fosilíferos (Mioceno-Pleistoceno): Formaciones Belén, Gage y Terrapin en la isla James Ross, Antártida

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-310

  Lirio, Juan M ^a   Núnez, Héctor J ^a   Bertels Psotka, Alwine ^b   del Valle, Rodolfo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; James Ross Basin; Lithostratigraphy; Micropaleontology; Neogene

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIAMICTON; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 10044295188     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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