A lithostratigraphical and chronological study of Oligocene-Miocene sequences on eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands (Antarctica), and correlation of glacial episodes with global isotope events

Abstract King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula) is renowned for its terrestrial palaeoenvironmental record, which includes evidence for potentially up to four Cenozoic glacial periods. An advantage of the glacigenic outcrops on the island is that they are associated with vo...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Smellie, John L., McIntosh, William C., Whittle, Rowan, Troedson, Alexa, Hunt, Richard J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Boy Point
Cinder Spur
King George Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410202100033x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410202100033X

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