Determination of sediment provenance by unmixing the mineralogy of source-area sediments: The "SedUnMix" program

Marine Geology

Volumn 291-294, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-33

  Andrews, J T ^a   Eberl, D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sediment mixing; Sediment provenance; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MIXTURE; ENDMEMBERS; EXCEL MACROS; GREENLAND; MIXED SEDIMENTS; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT FRACTION; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE REGION; UNMIXING;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MIXING; MIXTURES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ALGORITHM; BEDROCK; ICEBERG; MELTWATER; MINERALOGY; MIXING; PROVENANCE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; GREENLAND;

EID: 82155186818     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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