Distribution, lithofacies and environmental context of Neogene glacial sequences on James Ross and Vega islands, Antarctic Peninsula

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 258, Issue , 2006, Pages 187-200

  Hambrey, Michael J ^a   Smellie, John L ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMICTITE; EROSION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; MUDSTONE; NEOGENE; PROVENANCE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33745940933     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.258.01.14     Document Type: Article

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