The record of Miocene climatic events in AND-2A drill core (Antarctica): Insights from provenance analyses of basement clasts

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 31-46

  Sandroni, Sonia ^a   Talarico, Franco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANDRILL; Antarctica; Clast; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; McMurdo Sound; Miocene; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ANDRILL; ANTARCTICA; CLAST; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; MCMURDO SOUND; MIOCENE; PROVENANCE;

BUILDINGS; CORE DRILLING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAVEL;

ICE;

BASEMENT ROCK; CLAST; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 78650625635     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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