Depositional patterns at Drift 7, Antarctic Peninsula: Along-slope versus down-slope sediment transport as indicators for oceanic currents and climatic conditions

Marine Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 49-62

  Uenzelmann Neben, Gabriele ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; depositional model; depositional patterns; Drift 7; ODP Leg 178 Sites 1095 and 1096; sediment drift; thickness and reflector depth maps

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; DEPOSITIONAL MODEL; DEPOSITIONAL PATTERNS; DRIFT 7; ODP LEG 178 SITES 1095 AND 1096; SEDIMENT DRIFT;

CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SEDIMENTATION;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCURRENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33750501562     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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