Trace elements and cathodoluminescence of detrital quartz in Arctic marine sediments – A new ice-rafted debris provenance proxy

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2615-2630

  Muller A ^a,b   Knies, J ^a,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b MUSEUM OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE DRIFT; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUARTZ; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84890257982     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2615-2013     Document Type: Article

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