History of ice-rafting and water mass evolution at the northern Siberian continental margin (Laptev Sea) during Late Glacial and Holocene times

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 27-28, 2010, Pages 3919-3935

  Taldenkova, Ekaterina ^a   Bauch, Henning A ^b   Gottschalk, Julia ^c   Nikolaev, Sergei ^a   Rostovtseva, Yuliana ^a   Pogodina, Irina ^d   Ovsepyan, Yaroslav ^a   Kandiano, Evgeniya ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; AUTHIGENIC; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATE COOLING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAMINIFERS; HIGH ARCTIC; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEET; ICE-CAPS; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA; RE-GROWTH; ROCK TYPES; SEA-ICE COVER; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELF WATERS; WATER INFLOWS; WATER MASS; WATER MASS STRUCTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY; DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SNOW;

SEA ICE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; ICE COVER; ICE RAFTING; ICE SHEET; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; LATE GLACIAL; PHYLLITE; RHODOCHROSITE; SEA ICE; UPWELLING; VIVIANITE; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; LAPTEV SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA;

CASSIDULINA NEOTERETIS; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 78549239178     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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