Surface textural analysis of quartz sand grains from ODP site 918 off the southeast coast of Greenland suggests glaciation of southern Greenland at 11 Ma

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 109-121

  Helland, P E ^a   Holmes, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciomarine; Ice rafting; Late Miocene; North Atlantic; Quartz sand; Surface textures

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; ODP LEG 152; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CARE;

EID: 0031439002     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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