Stratigraphy of Late Cenozoic sediments of the western Chukchi Sea: New results from shallow drilling and seismic-reflection profiling

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 115-131

  Gusev, E A ^a   Andreeva, I A ^a   Anikina, N Y ^b   Bondarenko, S A ^a   Derevyanko, L G ^b   Iosifidi, A G ^c   Klyuvitkina, T S ^d   Litvinenko, I V ^a   Petrova, V I ^a   Polyakova, E I ^d   Popov, V V ^c   Stepanova, A Y ^e  

^a VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^b Mireco Mining Company   (Russian Federation)

^c All Russia Research Institute of Oil and Geological Prospecting   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Beringia; Chukchi Sea; Pliocene; Quaternary; sediment stratigraphy; seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BERINGIA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOREHOLE; CENOZOIC; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI; CHUKCHI PENINSULA; CHUKCHI SEA; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 67849108301     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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