Mudstone sedimentation at high latitudes: Ice as a transport medium for mud and supplier of nutrients

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 696-709

  Macquaker, Joe H S ^a   Keller, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERALS; GASOLINE; ISOTOPES; MELTING; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PELLETIZING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; WELL LOGGING;

DEPOSITIONAL TEXTURE; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RAPID SEDIMENTATION; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ICE FLOW; LATITUDE; MUDSTONE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTATION;

ALGAE; LAMIINAE;

EID: 27244443047     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.056     Document Type: Article

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