Quantitative mineralogy of surface sediments of the Iceland shelf, and application to down-core studies of holocene ice-rafted sediments

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-479

  Andrews, John T ^a   Eberl, Dennis D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLAY PRODUCTS; FELDSPAR; QUARTZ; SEA ICE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ICE-RAFTED SEDIMENTS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS; QUANTITATIVE MINERALOGIES; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CLAY MINERALS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EROSION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; ICE RAFTING; MINERALOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SMECTITE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34447277404     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.045     Document Type: Article

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