Modern sedimentation, circulation and life beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-87

  Post, A L ^a   Galton Fenzi, B K ^b   Riddle, M J ^c   Herraiz Borreguero, L ^b   O'Brien, P E ^a,d   Hemer, M A ^a,e   McMinn, A ^f   Rasch, D ^b,c   Craven, M ^b,c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic ecosystem; Diatoms; Oceanography; Sedimentary processes; Sub ice shelf; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; DIATOM; ICE SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84891891461     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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