The last deglaciation of Cape Adare, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-587

  Johnson, Joanne S ^a   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^a   Smellie, John L ^a   Rocchi, Sergio ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Cosmogenic isotopes; Grounding line; Last glacial period; Ross ice shelf; Ross sea

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BOULDER; COLONIZATION; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE ADARE; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 55549096763     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001417     Document Type: Article

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