Geological and geomorphological insights into Antarctic ice sheet evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1844, 2006, Pages 1607-1625

  Sugden, David E ^a   Bentley, Michael J ^b   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Cosmogenic isotopes; Glacial history; Marine geology; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746418496     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1791     Document Type: Article

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