Pliocene-Pleistocene diatom biostratigraphy of nearshore Antarctica from the AND-1B drillcore, McMurdo Sound

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-74

  Winter, D ^a   Sjunneskog, C ^b   Scherer, R ^c   Maffioli, P ^d   Riesselman, C ^e   Harwood, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AND 1B; ANDRILL; Antarctica; Biostratigraphy; Diatom; Late Neogene; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

AND-1B; ANDRILL; ANTARCTICA; DIATOM; LATE NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; ROSS SEA;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ARGON ISOTOPE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIAMICTITE; DIATOM; DIATOMITE; DRILLING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE COVER; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; MCMURDO SOUND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS; NITZSCHIA ALBA; RHIZOSOLENIA; THALASSIOSIRA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84866347603     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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