Clay-mineral distribution in surface sediments of the Eurasian Arctic Ocean and continental margin as indicator for source areas and transport pathways - a synthesis

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Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 215-233

  Wahsner, Monika ^a   Müller, Claudia ^a   Stein, Ruediger ^a   Ivanov, Gennadij ^c   Levitan, Michael ^b   Shelekhova, Ekaterina ^b   Tarasov, Genady ^d  

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

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033102201     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1999.tb00216.x     Document Type: Article

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