Regional variations in provenance and abundance of ice-rafted clasts in Arctic Ocean sediments: implications for the configuration of late Quaternary oceanic and atmospheric circulation in the Arctic

• Main Authors: Phillips, R. L., Grantz, A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2001
• Subjects: Artic Ocean; Ocean currents; Glacial transport; Clasts; Sedimentation; Earth Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Kara Sea; Canada; Taymyr; Makarov Basin; Amerasia Basin; Arctic Island; Eurasia Basin; canada basin; glacier*; Iceberg*; Lomonosov Ridge; makarov basin; Sea ice; Taymyr Peninsula
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/439; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsstaffpub/article/1448/viewcontent/Phillips_MG_2001_Regional_variations.pdf

The composition and distribution of ice-rafted glacial erratics in late Quaternary sediments define the major current systems of the Arctic Ocean and identify two distinct continental sources for the erratics. In the southern Amerasia basin up to 70% of the erratics are dolostones and limestones (th...