Geochemical provenance analysis of fine-grained sediment revealing Late Miocene to recent Paleo-Environmental changes in the Western Ross Sea, Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-58

  Monien, Donata ^a   Kuhn, Gerhard ^a   von Eynatten, Hilmar ^b   Talarico, Franco M ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANDRILL; Cenozoic; Marine sediments; Ross Embayment; XRF Core Scanner

Indexed keywords

ANDRILL; CENOZOIC; MARINE SEDIMENTS; ROSS EMBAYMENT; XRF CORE SCANNER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE; SCANNING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SEDIMENTS;

DATA SET; FACIES; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84866394454     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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