Cyclic sedimentation at sites 745 and 746

• Main Authors: Ehrmann, W. U., Grobe, Hannes
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/699/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/699/1/Ehr1991b.pdf; https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.119.123.1991; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.11282; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.11282.d001

The upper Miocene to Pleistocene sediments recovered at ODP Sites 745 and 746 in the Australian-Antarctic Basin are characterized by cyclic facies changes. Sedimentological investigations of a detailed Quaternary section reveal that facies A is dominated by a high content of siliceous microfossils,...