Provenance of sediment in the Labrador Current: A record of hinterland glaciation over the past 125 ka

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 650-660

  Mao, Longjiang ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Saint Ange, Francky ^b   Andrews, John T ^c   Kienast, Markus ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin Bay; Flemish Cap; Labrador Current; Last glacial cycle; Sediment provenance; X ray diffraction; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOLOMITE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL; MINERALOGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; FLEMISH CAP; LABRADOR CURRENT; NEWFOUNDLAND SHELF;

EID: 84909642943     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2736     Document Type: Article

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