Southern Ocean

Country:

Antarctica

Region:

SE Weddell Sea

Category: clastic varves

Max depth:

2411 m

Archive type:

marine sediments

Author of images:

Michael Weber

Reference:

Weber, M.E., Clark, P.U., Ricken, W., Mitrovica, J.X., Hostetler, S.W., Kuhn, G., 2011. Interhemispheric ice-sheet synchronicity during the last glacial maximum. Science 34,1265-1269.

Link to reference or DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1209299

Radiography of fine-grained siliciclastic varves from the Last Glacial Maximum. Sediment core originates from a deep-sea contourite ridge on the SE Weddell Sea continental slope. > max. resolution