Seasonal and water-depth variations in sediment luminescence and in sedimentation from sediment trap samples at Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-499

  Berger, Glenn W ^a   Ante, Sara ^a,c   Domack, Eugene W ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dating; Deposition; Glaciomarine

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARRAY; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITION; FJORD; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; WATER DEPTH;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; GERLACHE STRAIT; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 70450255254     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009990186     Document Type: Article

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