Late pleistocene sedimentation history of the Shirshov Ridge, Bering Sea

• Published in: Geochemistry International
• Main Authors: Levitan, M. A., Kuzmina, T. G., Luksha, V. L., Roshchina, I. A., Syromyatnikov, K. V., Max, L., Nürnberg, Dirk, Riethdorf, Jan-Rainer, Tiedemann, Ralf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Shirshov Ridge; Yukon; Yukon river; Alaska; Beringia
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/22265/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/22265/1/Levitan%20et%20al.,%202013.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702913030051

The analysis of the lithology, grain-size distribution, clay minerals, and geochemistry of Upper Pleistocene sediments from the submarine Shirshov Ridge (Bering Sea) showed that the main source area was the Yukon–Tanana terrane of Central Alaska. The sedimentary materials were transported by the Yuk...