History of an Evolving Ice Sheet as Recorded in SHALDRIL Cores from the Northwestern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 131-151

  Wellner, Julia S ^a   Anderson, John B ^b   Ehrmann, Werner ^c   Weaver, Fred M ^b   Kirshner, Alexandra ^b   Livsey, Daniel ^d   Simms, Alexander R ^d  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cryosphere; Eocene; Glacial history; Sedimentology; SHALDRIL

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SNOW; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTICA; CRYOSPHERE; EOCENE; GLACIAL HISTORY; SHALDRIL;

ICE;

EID: 84874626767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2010SP001047     Document Type: Chapter

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