Late Quaternary sedimentation on the Mid-Atlantic Reykjanes Ridge: Clay mineral assemblages and depositional environment

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 525-535

  Gehrke, B ^a   Lackschewitz, K S ^a   Wallrabe Adams, H J ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Deep water circulation; Ice rafted sediment; Iceland Scotland Overflow Water (ISOW); Mid Atlantic Reykjanes Ridge; Quaternary sediments; Source areas

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; CLAY MINERALS; DEEP WATER CIRCULATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC, REYKJANES RIDGE;

EID: 0030474585     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02369007     Document Type: Article

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