Anomalous geochemical provenance and weathering history of Plio-Pleistocene glaciomarine fjord strata, Bardin Bluffs Formation, East Antarctica

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 929-942

  Passchier, Sandra ^a   Whitehead, Jason M ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geochemistry; Glaciomarine environment; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

PAGODROMA;

EID: 33745945636     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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