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Short Note: New marine core record of Late Pleistocene glaciation history, Rauer Group, East Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2009

Sonja Berg ,
Bernd Wagner ,
Duanne A. White ,
Holger Cremer ,
Ole Bennike  and
Martin Melles
Sonja Berg*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
Bernd Wagner
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
Duanne A. White
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Geography, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Holger Cremer
Affiliation:
TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Geological Survey of The Netherlands, Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ole Bennike
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Martin Melles
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
*
*[email protected]
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The evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) during the Late Quaternary is poorly known, partly because some regions, such as the Prydz Bay vicinity, indicate significant variability in the glaciation patterns (e.g. Domack et al. 1998, Zwartz et al. 1998, Hodgson et al. 2005).

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Earth Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 2009 , pp. 299 - 300
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2009

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