Micromorphological evidence of warm-based glacier deposition from the Ricker Hills Tillite (Victoria Land, Antarctica)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 976-992

  Baroni, Carlo ^a   Fasano, Francesco ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLAY; COATINGS; OXIDATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

BEDROCK; CLAST ALIGNMENTS; WARM-BASED GLACIER DEPOSITION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEDROCK; CALCITE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; SHEAR; TILL;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 33646372467     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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