Antarctic topography at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 335-336, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-34

  Wilson, Douglas S ^a   Jamieson, Stewart S R ^b   Barrett, Peter J ^c   Leitchenkov, German ^d   Gohl, Karsten ^e   Larter, Robert D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean   (Russian Federation)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glacial erosion; Reconstruction; Tectonics; Topography

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84861475092     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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