A high resolution relative paleointensity record from the Gerlache-Boyd paleo-ice stream region, northern Antarctic Peninsula

Quaternary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Willmott, Verónica ^a,b   Domack, Eugene W ^b   Canals, Miquel ^a   Brachfeld, Stefanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Holocene; Relative paleomagnetic intensity; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; HOLOCENE; ICE STREAM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33746886247     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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