Distributions of surface sediments surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula and its environmental significance |
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| Authors: | WANG Chunjuan CHEN Zhihua LI Chunshun DU Dewen YAN Shijuan ZHU Zhiwei |
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| Institution: | 1. China University of Geosciences Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
2. The First Institute of 0ceanography, S0A, Qingdao 266061, China |
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| Abstract: | We analyzed grain size composition to provide information on the types and distributions as well as depositional varieties of marine surface sediments from the area surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula. The samples retrieved from the study area contain gravel, sand, silt and clay. As suggested by bathymetry and morphology, the study area is characterized by neritic, hemipelagic and pelagic deposits. The glacial-marine sediments can be divided into two types, residual paratill and compound paratill, which are primarily transported by glaciers and as ice-rafted debris. Ocean current effects on deposition are more obvious, and the deposit types are distributed consistently with terrain variations. |
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| Keywords: | Antarctic Peninsula surface sediments grain size environmental significance |
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