Miocene Glaciomarine Sediments from Beneath the Southern Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Glaciomarine sediments with middle Miocene microfaunal assemblages are exposed at the sea floor below the southern Ross Ice Shelf. Plio-Pleistocene sediments are not present. Post-Miocene glacial sediments may have been deposited but removed by relatively recent ice shelf grounding. A meager Recent...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Webb, Peter N., Ronan, Thomas E., Lipps, Jere H., DeLaca, Ted E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1979
Subjects:
Ross Ice Shelf
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelf
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4379.435
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.203.4379.435
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Summary:Glaciomarine sediments with middle Miocene microfaunal assemblages are exposed at the sea floor below the southern Ross Ice Shelf. Plio-Pleistocene sediments are not present. Post-Miocene glacial sediments may have been deposited but removed by relatively recent ice shelf grounding. A meager Recent microfauna is present in some core tops.

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