Pliocene-Pleistocene glaciomarine sedimentation in eastern Prydz Bay and development of the Prydz trough-mouth fan, ODP Sites 1166 and 1167, East Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 279-305

  Passchier, S ^a   O'Brien, P E ^b   Damuth, J E ^c   Januszczak, N ^d   Handwerger, D A ^e   Whitehead, J M ^f  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial lithofacies; Glaciomarine; Leg 188; Ocean Drilling Program; Trough mouth fan

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SUBGLACIAL TILLS;

DEPOSITS; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SUBMARINE FAN; SUBMARINE TROUGH;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 1642276424     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00160-9     Document Type: Article

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