A record of Antarctic climate and ice sheet history recovered

Eos

Volumn 88, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 557-558

  Naish, Tim ^a,b   Powell, Ross ^c   Levy, Richard ^d   Florindo, Fabio ^e   Harwood, David ^d   Kuhn, Gerhard ^f   Niessen, Frank ^f   Talarico, Franco ^g   Wilson, Gary ^h  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38549091526     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO500001     Document Type: Article

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