Late Neogene interglacial events in the James Ross Island region, northern Antarctic Peninsula, dated by Ar/Ar and Sr-isotope stratigraphy

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 169-187

  Smellie, J L ^a   McArthur, J M ^b   McIntosh, W C ^c   Esser, R ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; 87Sr 86Sr; Antarctic Peninsula; Global change; Interglacial; Neogene

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERGLACIAL; NEOGENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

PECTINIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33947142989     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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