Terrigenous flux and biogenic silica deposition at the Antarctic continental rise during the late Miocene to early Pliocene: Implications for ice sheet stability and sea ice coverage

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 131-149

  Grützner, Jens ^a   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^b,d   Rebesco, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Milankovitch theory; Neogene; Ocean Drilling Program; Palaeoclimatology

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); ICE SHEET; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 14144256685     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.09.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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