Origin and significance of ice-rafted detritus in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Nielsen, S. H. H., Hodell, D. A., Kamenov, G., Guilderson, T., Perfit, M. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2007
• Subjects: 01 - Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems; Antarctic; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/557/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/557/1/Hodell_3G_8_12_2007.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GC001618

Piston core TN057-14 from the eastern Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean contains several layers rich in volcanic tephra that were deposited during the last glacial period. Comparison with nearby cores (TN057-13PC4/ODP Site 1094) indicates that these tephra layers are correlative with the South A...