Provenance of glacial-marine sediments under the McMurdo/Ross Ice Shelf (Windless Bight, Antarctica): Heavy minerals and geochemical data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 262-283

  Damiani, Damiano ^a   Giorgetti, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geochemistry; Heavy minerals; Marine sediments; McMurdo Ross Ice Shelf; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMICTITE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY MINERAL; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; OLIVINE; PYROXENE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; ROSS ISLAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 41049102342     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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