Geochemical characteristics and the provenance of sediments in the Bransfield Strait, West Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 81-98

  Jae, Il Lee ^a   Park, Byong Kwon ^a   Jwa, Yong Joo ^b   Ho, Il Yoon ^a   Kyu, Chul Yoo ^a   Kim, Yeadong ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Bransfield Strait; Provenance; South Shetland Islands

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; PROVENANCE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ROCKS;

SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; WORLD;

EID: 23744514744     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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