Dust transport from Patagonia to Antarctica - A new stratigraphic approach from the Scotia Sea and its implications for the last glacial cycle

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-188

  Weber, M E ^a   Kuhn, G ^b   Sprenk, D ^a   Rolf, C ^c   Ohlwein, C ^d   Ricken, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Atmospheric circulation; Chronology; Dust; Last glacial cycle; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleoclimate; Patagonia; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATES; PATAGONIA; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DUST;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ICE CORE; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIA; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84857356618     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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