Cenozoic glaciogenic sedimentary record in the Grove Mountains of East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-240

  Fang, Aimin ^a   Liu, Xiaohan ^a   Li, Xiaoli ^a   Huang, Feixin ^a   Yu, Liangjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Erratic boulder; Lambert Glacier; Moraine; Palaeosol; Prydz Bay

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; ERRATIC; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MORAINE; PALEOSOL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GROVE MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

EID: 20744435938     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002646     Document Type: Article

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