Provenance and dispersal of glacial-marine surface sediments in the Weddell Sea and adjoining areas, Antarctica: Ice-rafting versus current transport

Marine Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 209-231

  Diekmann, Bernhard ^a   Kuhn, Gerhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glaciomarine sedimentation; Granulometry; Heavy minerals; Provenance; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL; SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

DISPERSAL; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANTARCTICA; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0033044425     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00165-0     Document Type: Article

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