Grain size composition of sediment cores from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, supplement to: Michels, Klaus; Kuhn, Gerhard; Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter; Diekmann, Bernhard; Fütterer, Dieter K; Grobe, Hannes; Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele (2002): The southern Weddell Sea: combined contourite-turbidite sedimentation at the southeastern margin of the Weddell Gyre. In: Stow, D A V; Pudsey, C; Howe, J C; Faugères, J-C & Viana, A R (eds.), Deep-water contourite systems: modern drifts and ancient series, seismic and sedimentary characteristics. Geological Society of London, Memoirs, London, 22, 305-323

• Main Authors: Michels, Klaus, Kuhn, Gerhard, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Diekmann, Bernhard, Fütterer, Dieter K, Grobe, Hannes, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2002
• Subjects: gcmd1; Gravity corer Kiel type; Giant box corer; Piston corer BGR type; ANT-IV/3; ANT-VI/3; ANT-VIII/5; Polarstern; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Antarctic; Weddell Sea; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Weddell; Klaus; Coats Land; Hannes; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.472241; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.472241

Sedimentary processes in the southeastern Weddell Sea are influenced by glacial-interglacial ice-shelf dynamics and the cyclonic circulation of the Weddell Gyre, which affects all water masses down to the sea floor. Significantly increased sedimentation rates occur during glacial stages, when ice sh...