Middle to late Quaternary grain size variations and sea-ice rafting on the Lomonosov Ridge

Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2014, Pages

  O'Regan, Matt ^a   Sellén, Emma ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grain size; Lomonosov ridge; Pleistocene; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; ICEBERG; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; ENTRAINMENT; ICE RAFTING; MARINE SEDIMENT; SILT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 84934783919     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v33.23672     Document Type: Article

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