Sedimentology of gravity cores from the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica ...
Sediment cores from nine sites along a profile on the Antarctic continental margin off Kapp Norvegia were analysed sedimentologicaly. The carbonate and organic carbon content, grain size distribution, composition of the coarse fraction and clay minerals were determined. d18O- and d13C-isotope ratios...
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PANGAEA
1986
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.818905 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.818905 |
| Summary: | Sediment cores from nine sites along a profile on the Antarctic continental margin off Kapp Norvegia were analysed sedimentologicaly. The carbonate and organic carbon content, grain size distribution, composition of the coarse fraction and clay minerals were determined. d18O- and d13C-isotope ratios were also measured. The distribution of ice rafted debris was determined by a new method. Sedimentation-rates were obtained from 230Th- and 14C-analyses.A segregation into seven different sediment facies was made possible by different sedimentological parameters, which can be attributed to different sedimentation environments and conditions. Thr profile can be divided morphologicaly into shelf, upper continental slope, slope terrace and lower continental slope. The paratill facies is deposited on the shelf during an interglacial phase and consists mainly of ice rafted sediments. A portion of the fine fraction is being carried away by the antarctic coastel current. The sedimentation rate lies between 0 and 3 ... : Supplement to: Grobe, Hannes (1986): Spätpleistozäne Sedimentationsprozesse am antarktischen Kontinentalhang vor Kapp Norvegia, östliche Weddell See. Berichte zur Polarforschung = Reports on Polar Research, 27, 121 pp ... |
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