Tephra evidence in marine sediments from the shelf of the Western Ross Sea

Terra Antartica Reports

Volumn , Issue 8, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Colizza, E ^a   Finocchiaro, F ^a   Marinoni, L ^b   Menegazzo Vitturi, L ^c   Brambati, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEPHRA; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 1842728368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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