Fram Strait sea-ice sediment provinces based on silt and clay compositions identify Siberian Kara and Laptev seas as main source regions

Polar Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-282

  Dethleff, Dirk ^a   Kuhlmann, Gesa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fram Strait; Ice sediment entrainment; Kara and Laptev seas; Sea ice sediment flux; Sea ice sediment provinces; Shelf source deposits

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ENTRAINMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; SILT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 78649612792     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2010.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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