The Mendel Formation: Evidence for Late Miocene climatic cyclicity at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 363-384

  Nỳvlt, Daniel ^a   Košler, Jan ^a,b   Mlcoch, Bedrich ^a   Mixa, Petr ^a   Lisá, Lenka ^c   Bubík, Miroslav ^a   Hendriks, Bart W H ^d  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; 87Sr 86Sr dating; Antarctic Peninsula; Climatic cyclicity; Diamictites; James Ross Island; James Ross Island Volcanic Group; Micropaleontology; Miocene; Paleoenvironment; Quartz microtextures

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; LOWSTAND; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; PRINCE GUSTAV CHANNEL; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 78650609676     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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