Clay mineral fluctuations and surface textural analysis of quartz grains in Pliocene-Quaternary marine sediments from Wilkes Land continental rise (East-Antarctica): Paleoenvironmental significance

Marine Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 281-295

  Damiani, Damiano ^a   Giorgetti, Giovanna ^a   Turbanti, Isabella Memmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Clay minerals; Marine sediments; Quartz grains; Wilkes Land continental rise

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; QUARTZ GRAINS; WILKES LAND CONTINENTAL RISE;

CHLORITE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; GEOPHYSICS; MARINE APPLICATIONS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLAY MINERAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WILKES LAND;

EID: 32544440185     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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