A sediment record of cyclic bottom-current variability from the northwest Weddell Sea

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 185-214

  Gilbert, Ian M ^a   Pudsey, Carol J ^a   Murray, John W ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Echo character; Foraminifera; Glacial cycles; Sediment transport; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; GLACIAL CYCLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0031865739     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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