Stratigraphy and Glacial-Marine Sediments of the Amerasian Basin, Central Arctic Ocean.

Abstract

Thirteen correlatable lithostratigraphic units are recognized in cores recovered from the central Artic Ocean. The stratigraphic units range in age from late Miocene to Holocene and can be correlated over several hundred thousand square kilometers. Six intervals of increased glacial ice-rafting are defined. A classification of glacial-marine sediment based on silt-clay histograms characterizes 4 classes. This is compared to non-Arctic glacial-marine sediment. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA096078

Entities

People

  • David L. Clark
  • Kirk A. Morgan
  • Rick R. Whitman
  • Scudder D. Mackey

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • Advanced Electronics

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  • Arctic Ocean
  • Birds
  • Chemistry
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Isotopes
  • Materials
  • North America
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Particles
  • Ridges
  • Seabed
  • Sediments
  • Silt

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  • Environmental science

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  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies