Orbitally paced shifts in the particle size of Antarctic continental shelf sediments in response to ice dynamics during the Miocene climatic optimum

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-62

  Passchier, S ^a   Falk, C J ^a   Florindo, F ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECCENTRICITY; GEODYNAMICS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84873511580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00840.1     Document Type: Article

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