Circum-Antarctic warming events between 4 and 3.5 Ma recorded in marine sediments from the Prydz Bay (ODP Leg 188) and the Antarctic Peninsula (ODP Leg 178) margins

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-184

  Escutia, C ^a   Barcena M A ^b   Lucchi, R G ^c   Romero, O ^a   Ballegeer, A M ^b   Gonzalez, J J ^a   Harwood, D M ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; circum Antarctic; early middle Pliocene; glacial interglacial cycles; glaciomarine sedimentation; Prydz Bay

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

DICTYOCHA;

EID: 71949106322     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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