Iceberg-rafted tephra as a potential tool for the reconstruction of ice-sheet processes and ocean surface circulation in the glacial North Atlantic

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 398, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-155

  Kuhs, Marion ^a   Austin, William E N ^a,b   Abbott, Peter M ^c   Hodell, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ICE SHEET; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEPHRA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GARDAR DRIFT; ICELAND;

EID: 84929849557     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP398.8     Document Type: Article

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