Petrographic and isotopic composition of Late Quaternary Ross Embayment till

Terra Antartica Reports

Volumn , Issue 12, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Licht, K ^a   Lederer, J ^a   Farmer, G L ^b   Swope, R J ^a   Andrews, J T ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TILL;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS EMBAYMENT; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33947205070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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