Composition of Holocene lithificates at the slopes of the Untersee Mountain Valley, East Antarctica
It was found out that the lower parts of slopes of the Untersee mountain valley (East Antarctica) were locally covered with lithificates (both carbonate-free and carbonate-poor). They occur in three modes: crusts, films, and impregnates. All of them cover Late Pleistocene moraine material and consis...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
2012
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.811739 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.811739 |
Summary: | It was found out that the lower parts of slopes of the Untersee mountain valley (East Antarctica) were locally covered with lithificates (both carbonate-free and carbonate-poor). They occur in three modes: crusts, films, and impregnates. All of them cover Late Pleistocene moraine material and consist of mixture of lacustrine sedimentary material and filling material of moraines. A mechanism of their genesis is offered. |
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