Clay mineralogy and multi-element chemistry of surface sediments on the Siberian-Arctic shelf: Implications for sediment provenance and grain size sorting

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11-13, 2003, Pages 1175-1200

  Viscosi Shirley, C ^a   Mammone, K ^b   Pisias, N ^a   Dymond, J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Clay minerals; East Siberian Sea; Laptev Sea (65 N 78 N, 110 E 160 W); Provenance; Sediment chemistry; Sediment composition; Sediment sorting; Shelf sedimentation; Siberia and Alaska

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GRAIN SIZE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SORTING;

ALASKA; CHUKCHI SEA; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; LAPTEV SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242660842     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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