Amundsen Sea sediment drifts: Archives of modifications in oceanographic and climatic conditions

Marine Geology

Volumn 299-302, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-62

  Uenzelmann Neben, Gabriele ^a   Gohl, Karsten ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Antarctica; Bottom water; Sediment drifts; Seismic reflection data

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; BOTTOM WATER; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

DEPOSITS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EOCENE; ICE SHEET; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS TRANSPORT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84857127698     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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