Sequence stratigraphy of the ANDRILL AND-2A drillcore, Antarctica: A long-term, ice-proximal record of Early to Mid-Miocene climate, sea-level and glacial dynamism

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 337-351

  Fielding, Christopher R ^a   Browne, Greg H ^b   Field, Brad ^b   Florindo, Fabio ^c   Harwood, David M ^a   Krissek, Lawrence A ^d   Levy, Richard H ^b   Panter, Kurt S ^e   Passchier, Sandra ^f   Pekar, Stephen F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ANDRILL SMS project; Antarctica; Cyclicity; Mid Miocene Climatic Optimum; Miocene; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP DRILLING; DEEP SEA; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

EID: 79955482430     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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