Pre-LGM open-water conditions south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-377

  Finocchiaro, Furio ^a   Baroni, Carlo ^b   Colizza, Ester ^a   Ivaldi, Roberta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Palaeoenvironment; Radiocarbon dates; Victoria Land

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OPEN WATER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANTARCTICA; DRYGALSKI GLACIER; EAST ANTARCTICA; NORDENSKJOLD BASIN; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY;

EID: 34548058921     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000430     Document Type: Article

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