Sedimentation of biogenic constituents during the last century in western Bransfield and Gerlache Straits, Antarctica: a relation to currents, primary production, and sea floor relief

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Isla, Enrique, Masqué, Pere, Palanques, Albert, Guillén, Jorge, Puig, Pere, Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Subjects: Bransfield Strait; Gerlache Strait; Organic carbon; Biogenic silica; Sediment accumulation; Submarine canyons; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Gerlache; Orleans; Snow Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/135009; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2004.06.003

13 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables As part of the FRUELA experiment, 11 sediment cores were recovered from the Bellingshausen Sea, the western Bransfield and Gerlache Straits (Antarctic Peninsula) to determine the spatial distribution of organic carbon (OC), biogenic silica (BSi), and nitrogen (N) in the...