Seeking a Holocene drift ice proxy: Non-clay mineral variations from the SW to N-central Iceland shelf: Trends, regime shifts, and periodicities

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 664-676

  Andrews, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Ice rafted debris (IRD); Iceland; Marine sediments; Quartz; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORAINE; PERIODICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TREND ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; ICELAND SHELF; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 70350169831     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1257     Document Type: Article

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