Sea ice extent and seasonality for the Early Pliocene northern Weddell Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 306-318

  Williams, Mark ^a,b   Nelson, Anna E ^c   Smellie, John L ^a,c   Leng, Melanie J ^b   Johnson, Andrew L A ^d   Jarram, Daniel R ^a   Haywood, Alan M ^e   Peck, Victoria L ^c   Zalasiewicz, Jan ^a   Bennett, Carys ^a   Schöne, Bernd R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Bivalves; Climate; Pliocene; Sea ice; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLIOCENE; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; COCKBURN ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 78149439541     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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