Seismic stratigraphy and sediment distribution on the Wilkes Land and Terre Adélie margins, East Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 33-57

  Close, D I ^a   Stagg, H M J ^b   O'Brien, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

sediment thickness; stratigraphy; Terre Ad lie; Wilkes Land

Indexed keywords

SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; WILKES LAND;

CATCHMENTS; EXTRAPOLATION; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; UNDERWATER DRILLING;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOCENTER; EOCENE; ISOPACH MAP; MAASTRICHTIAN; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURONIAN; UNCONFORMITY;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TOTTEN GLACIER; WILKES LAND;

EID: 33947196861     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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