Background to the ANDRILL Southern McMurdo sound project, Antarctica

Terra Antartica

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Florindo, F ^a   Harwood, D M ^b   Talarico, F ^c   Levy, R H ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; DETRITUS; DRILLING; GLACIAL HISTORY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 78349291164     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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