Seismic stratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene Ross Island flexural moat-fill: A prognosis for ANDRILL Program drilling beneath McMurdo-Ross Ice Shelf

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 83-97

  Horgan, H ^a   Naish, T ^b   Bannister, S ^b   Balfour, N ^a   Wilson, G ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ANDRILL; McMurdo Ross Ice Shelf; Plio Pleistocene; Ross Island flexural moat; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; ROSS ISLAND; WORLD;

AVES; EREBUS;

EID: 14144255877     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.09.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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