Mineralogy of glaciomarine sediments from the Prydz Bay-Kerguelen region: Relation to modern depositional environments

Antarctic Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-179

  Borchers, Andreas ^a   Voigt, Ines ^b   Kuhn, Gerhard ^a   Diekmann, Bernhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

bottom water; clay minerals; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; heavy minerals; ice rafting; Mac. Robertson Land

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; POLARIZATION; SLOPE; WATER MASS; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79960362348     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000830     Document Type: Article

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