Distinguishing subglacial till and glacial marine diamictons in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica: Implications for a last glacial maximum grounding line

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-103

  Licht, K J ^a   Dunbar, N W ^b   Andrews, J T ^a   Jennings, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ERUPTIVE EVENTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELVES; RADIOCARBON DATES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DIAMICTON; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GROUNDING LINE; LAST GLACIAL; TILL;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA;

EID: 84879887811     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0091:DSTAGM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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