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Magnetic properties of a sediment core from Andvord Drift
Antarctic Journal of the United States
  • Emily Youcha, University of Minnesota
  • Stefanie A. Brachfeld, University of Minnesota
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2004
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Abstract

United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Cruise 99-03 of the research ship Nathaniel B. Palmer collected several sediment cores from the western Antarctic Peninsula to examine the natural degree of environmental variability in this region during the Holocene (Domack et al. 1999). Here we examine variations in three magnetic parameters along an approximately 3-meter sediment core (Kasten core KC18C), which reflect the composition, grain size, and concentration of magnetic material in the sediments. The purpose of this magnetic study is to characterize the sediment magnetic mineral assemblage and to understand the local sedimentation processes that generate the assemblage.

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This article originally appeared in the Antarctic Journal of the United States (ISSN 1944-8007), archived by the National Science Foundation. Issues available in full at https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/antarct/journal/start.jsp.

Published Citation
Youcha, E., & Brachfeld, S. (2004). Magnetic properties of sediments from Andvord Drift. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 33(8), 289-293.
Citation Information
Emily Youcha and Stefanie A. Brachfeld. "Magnetic properties of a sediment core from Andvord Drift" Antarctic Journal of the United States (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stefanie-brachfeld/9/