Origin of ice-rafted debris: Pleistocene paleoceanography in the western Arctic Ocean

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 743-756

  Bischof, Jens ^a   Clark, David L ^b   Vincent, Jean Serge ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DRIFT; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; OCEAN CURRENT; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030426082     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA02557     Document Type: Article

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