Atmospheric transport and concentration of diatoms in surficial and glacial sediments of the Allan Hills, Transantarctic Mountains

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 168-183

  McKay, R M ^a   Barrett, P J ^a   Harper, M A ^a   Hannah, M J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diatoms; Pliocene; Sirius Group

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; KATABATIC FLOW; PLIOCENE; PRESERVATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TILLITE;

ALLAN HILLS; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 41049108014     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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