Sources of sediment found in sea ice from the western Arctic Ocean, new insights into processes of entrainment and drift patterns

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Darby, Dennis A ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Fe oxide minerals; Ice drift; Provenance; Sea ice; Surface circulation

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE DRIFT; IRON OXIDE; PROVENANCE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344983837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001350     Document Type: Article

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