Late pliocene age of glacial deposits at Heidemann valley, East Antarctica: Evidence for the last major glaciation in the Vestfold hills

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-64

  Colhoun, Eric A ^a   Kiernan, Kevin W ^b   McConnell, Anne ^b   Quilty, Patrick G ^b   Fink, David ^c   Murray Wallace, Colin V ^d   Whitehead, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Foraminifera; Magnetic polarity; Origin; Samino acid racemization dating; Srsdal Glacier; Trench excavation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AMINO ACID; DIATOM; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; PLIOCENE; RACEMIZATION; TRENCH;

ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 76849098864     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009990526     Document Type: Article

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