History of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet since the early Pliocene-Evidence from cosmogenic dating of Pliocene lavas on James Ross Island, Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Johnson, Joanne S ^a   Smellie, John L ^a   Nelson, Anna E ^a   Stuart, Finlay M ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; glacial erosion; glaciation; ice sheet; refugia; terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; LAVA; PLIOCENE; REFUGIUM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 70450223124     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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