Radiocarbon constraints on ice sheet advance and retreat in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-182

  Anderson, John B ^a   Andrews, John T ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICE-RAFTING EVENTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; MARINE SEDIMENTS;

ICE;

CHRONOLOGY; GLACIER ADVANCE; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84879883708     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0179:RCOISA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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