Aeolian sediment transport and deposition in a modern high-latitude glacial marine environment

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1535-1557

  Chewings, Jane M ^a   Atkins, Cliff B ^a   Dunbar, Gavin B ^a   Golledge, Nicholas R ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; Sea ice; Sediment transport; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

DUST; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SAND; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SILT;

AEOLIAN; ANTARCTICA; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; MCMURDO SOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84908556098     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12108     Document Type: Article

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