Seismic stratigraphy of the Adare Trough area, Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 230, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 179-197

  Whittaker, Joanne M ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; paleoceanography; sedimentary; seismic

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GLOBAL COOLING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY; SEISMIC;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRY; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; GLACIATION; HIATUS; ICE COVER; MIOCENE; MULTIBEAM SONAR; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OLIGOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; CAPE ADARE; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33746762871     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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