Mineralogical evidence of middle miocene glacial ice in the central arctic ocean sediments

Geophysica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-101

  Immonen, Ninna ^a   Strand, Kari ^a   Turunen, Saija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic ocean; Clay minerals; Glaciations; IRD; Middle miocene; Quartz grain microtextures

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; GRAIN SIZE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955251376     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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