A thin predominantly cold-based late miocene east antarctic ice sheet inferred from glaciovolcanic sequences in northern victoria land, antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 307, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 129-149

  Smellie, J L ^a   Rocchi, S ^b   Gemelli, M ^b   Di Vincenzo, G ^c   Armienti, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Basal thermal regime; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Glaciovolcanism; Ice thickness; Lithofacies; Miocene; Transantarctic Mountains uplift

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79960428261     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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