Early-Middle Miocene (17-14Ma) Antarctic ice dynamics reconstructed from the heavy mineral provenance in the AND-2A drill core, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 82-83, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-50

  Hauptvogel, Daniel W ^a   Passchier, Sandra ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANDRILL; Antarctica; Heavy mineral analysis; Ice sheet; Miocene; SEM EDS

Indexed keywords

ANDRILL; ANTARCTICA; HEAVY MINERALS; ICE-SHEET; MIOCENE; SEM-EDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE DRILLING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRILLS; EARTH (PLANET); EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

ICE;

CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DRILLING; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE CORE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MINERAL; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; UPLAND REGION;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84055200875     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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