Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from redeposited weathered clasts in the CIROS-1 drill core

The occurrence and nature of weathered clasts in the CIROS-1 drill core from McMurdo Sound was recorded. These data showed both associations of weathered material with particular lithofacies and that certain lithologies were preferentially weathered. XRD analysis of weathering rinds from two lithost...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Hall, Kevin, Bühmann, Dieter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
McMurdo Sound
Antarctic Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102089000350
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102089000350
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Summary:The occurrence and nature of weathered clasts in the CIROS-1 drill core from McMurdo Sound was recorded. These data showed both associations of weathered material with particular lithofacies and that certain lithologies were preferentially weathered. XRD analysis of weathering rinds from two lithostratigraphic core units suggest that such weathering data can provide evidence of terrestrial palaeoenvironmental conditions that may be otherwise unobtainable.

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