Miocene reversal of bottom water flow along the Pacific Margin of the Antarctic Peninsula: Stratigraphic evidence from a contourite sedimentary tail

Marine Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 93-116

  Hernandez Molina F J ^a   Larter, R D ^b   Rebesco, M ^c   Maldonado, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula Pacific margin; contourite deposits; Miocene; palaeoceanography; Pliocene; Quaternary; seamounts; seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA PACIFIC MARGIN; CONTOURITE DEPOSITS; MIOCENE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEAMOUNTS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS; GEOLOGY; PLASTER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BOTTOM WATER; CONTOURITE; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC COAST [AUSTRALIA]; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33645996367     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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