Seismic facies and stratigraphy of the Cenozoic succession in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Implications for tectonic, climatic and glacial history

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 8-29

  Fielding, Christopher R ^a   Whittaker, Joanne ^b   Henrys, Stuart A ^c   Wilson, Terry J ^d   Naish, Timothy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cenozoic; Climate change; Glacial; Seismic facies; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOCENTER; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GLACIAL HISTORY; GRABEN; MIOCENE; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUCCESSION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; VICTORIA LAND BASIN;

EID: 41049117088     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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