The overdeepening hypothesis: How erosional modification of the marine-scape during the early Pliocene altered glacial dynamics on the Antarctic Peninsula's Pacific margin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 335-336, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-51

  Bart, Philip J ^a   Iwai, Masao ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Early Pliocene; Grounding event; ODP Leg 178; Overdeepening; Warm water intrusion

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SHEET EROSION; SHELF BREAK; SLOPE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84861478018     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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