Climate Change During the Pliocene: Interpretations from Site 697, the Jane Basin, Weddell Sea, Antarctica:

• Other Authors: Luna, Melissa (Melissa Luna) (author), (Suzanne O'Connell) (Thesis advisor), () (Committee member), (Degree grantor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctica; Climate Change; Pliocene; Sediment; Grain Size; Spectra; Clays; > -; Antarctic; Jane Basin; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.14418/wes01.2.179; https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/islandora/object/ir%3A2490/datastream/TN/view/Climate%20Change%20During%20the%20Pliocene%3A%20Interpretations%20from%20Site%20697,%20the%20Jane%20Basin,%20Weddell%20Sea,%20Antarctica.jpg; https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/ir-2490

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