Sedimentology of lower Pliocene to upper Pleistocene diamictons from IODP site U1358, Wilkes Land margin, and implications for East Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics

Antarctic Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-192

  Orejola, Nadine ^a   Passchier, Sandra ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

continental shelf; geochemistry; heavy minerals; particle size; provenance

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PARTICLE SIZE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABILIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MERTZ GLACIER; WILKES LAND;

EID: 84899811157     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102013000527     Document Type: Article

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