Sedimentary processes in the Wilkes Land margin: A record of the Cenozoic East Antarctic Ice Sheet evolution

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Donda, F ^a   Brancolini, G ^a   O'Brien, P E ^b   De Santis, L ^a   Escutia, C ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL RISE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; SEDIMENT WAVE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TURBIDITE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WILKES LAND;

EID: 33846203873     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492004-159     Document Type: Article

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