Modern dirty sea ice characteristics and sources: The role of anchor ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Darby, Dennis A ^a   Myers, Wesley B ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^b   Rigor, Ignatius ^c  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; COASTAL ZONES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FREEZING; MINERALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CLAY MINERALOGY; COASTAL AREA; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; ICE FLOES; KARA SEA; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTHERN BARENTS SEA; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SOURCE AREA; THICK LAYERS;

UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

BENTHOS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORITE; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTRAINMENT; FREEZING; ICE FLOW; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTING; MINERALOGY; REWORKING; SEA ICE; SEAWEED; SHELL;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 80052747074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006675     Document Type: Article

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