Drift distances, times and primary grain sources of the Arctic Ocean, Exp302 (ACEX) ...

• Main Author: Darby, Dennis A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Composite Core; Exp302; CCGS Captain Molly Kool Vidar Viking; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program / International Ocean Discovery Program IODP; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Darby; Lomonosov Ridge
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.711530; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.711530

Knowledge of the long-term history of the perennial ice is an important issue that has eluded study because the Cenozoic core material needed has been unavailable until the recent Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX). Detrital Fe oxide mineral grains analyzed by microprobe from the last 14 Ma (164 m) of...