Last Remnants of Cenozoic Vegetation and Organic-Walled Phytoplankton in the Antarctic Peninsula's Icehouse World

Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 167-192

  Warny, Sophie ^a   Askin, Rosemary ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Icehouse; Miocene; Oligocene; Palynology; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; LANDFORMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTS; SHIPS; TECTONICS; VEGETATION; WAREHOUSES;

ANTARCTICA; ICEHOUSE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84886858423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2010SP000996     Document Type: Chapter

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