Sediment content in Antarctic iceberg fragments sufficient to sink the ice

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-149

  Gilbert, Robert ^a   Domack, Eugene W ^b   Tewksbury, David ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICEBERG; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33745435139     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/013115ar     Document Type: Article

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