Chemostratigraphy of the early Pliocene diatomite interval from MIS AND-1B core (Antarctica): Palaeoenvironment implications

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-32

  Scopelliti, Giovanna ^a   Bellanca, Adriana ^a   Monien, Donata ^b   Kuhn, Gerhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Biogenic opal; Element geochemistry; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

ANDRILL; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BIOGENIC OPALS; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAGENETICS; DRILL CORE; EARLY PLIOCENE; ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; GEOLOGICAL DRILLING; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; LOW DEGREE; MCMURDO ICE SHELVES; MN CONTENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PORE WATERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; REMOBILIZATION; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; TEMPERATURE DROPS; TERRIGENOUS INPUTS; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

BARIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORE DRILLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; LASERS; LITHOLOGY; OIL SHALE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BARIUM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAMICTITE; DIATOMITE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LITHOLOGY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OPAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROVENANCE; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VANADIUM; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; ZINC;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF;

EID: 84873901624     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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