Analysis of clast lithologies from CIROS-2 core, New Harbour, Antarctica - Implications for ice flow directions during Plio-Pleistocene time

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 215-232

  Sandroni, Sonia ^a   Talarico, Franco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Beacon Supergroup; Clast provenance; Ferrar Supergroup; Granite Harbour Intrusive Complex; Ice sheet dynamics; Koettlitz Group; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Volcanic Group

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; ICE FLOW; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 31144452571     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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