Permian glacigenic deposits in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 441, Issue , 2008, Pages 59-70

  Isbell, John L ^a   Koch, Zelenda J ^a   Szablewski, Gina M ^a   Lenaker, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glaciomarine; Gondwana; Late Paleozoic glaciation; Permian

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; GLACIOMARINE; GONDWANA; LATE PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN;

LANDFORMS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIAMICTITE; GLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; ICE SHEET; PALEOSOL; PALEOZOIC; PALYNOMORPH; PERMIAN; POLLEN; SPORE; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS; PENSACOLA MOUNTAINS; SHACKLETON RANGE; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 75249084666     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2441(04)     Document Type: Article

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