The Weddell Sea Formation: Post-Late Pliocene terrestrial glacial deposits on Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 189-204

  Gaździcki, Andrzej ^a   Tatur, Andrzej ^b   Hara, Urszula ^c   del Valle, Rodolfo A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bryozoa; Post Late Pliocene glacial strata (Weddell Sea Formation); Seymour (Marambio) Island

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; NEW RECORD;

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

BRYOZOA; ESCHARELLA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 10944270302     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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