Depositional processes beneath coastal multi-year sea ice

Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 391-410

  Murray, Katherine T ^a   Miller, Molly F ^a   Bowser, Samuel S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Antarctica; Explorers Cove; Sea ice; Sediment transport; Taylor Valley

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN; ANTARCTICA; BIOGENIC STRUCTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCHANGE; CLIMATE PROCESS; EXPLORERS COVE; GLACIAL MELTWATER; ICE COVER; LOCAL FRACTURES; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RE-SUSPENSION; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSFERS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHORT CORE; TAYLOR VALLEY; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SORTING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; MCMURDO SOUND; TAYLOR VALLEY;

OPHIUROIDEA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 84873168304     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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