Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms
Fossil diatom-bearing marine sediment cores recovered from Prydz Channel, Prydz Bay, record episodes of glacial advance and retreat in the bay. Diatom frustules are abundant, well preserved, and the species composition is diverse in two biogenic sediment units composed of siliceous diatom ooze (SMO-...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102003001639 2024-03-03T08:36:34+00:00 Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms TAYLOR, FIONA LEVENTER, AMY 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102003001639 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102003001639 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 15, issue 4, page 512-521 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 Geology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2003 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102003001639 2024-02-08T08:35:15Z Fossil diatom-bearing marine sediment cores recovered from Prydz Channel, Prydz Bay, record episodes of glacial advance and retreat in the bay. Diatom frustules are abundant, well preserved, and the species composition is diverse in two biogenic sediment units composed of siliceous diatom ooze (SMO-1 and SMO-2). Between SMO-1 and SMO-2 a terrigenous unit (T) is present, composed of muddy diamicton and sandy silty clay, which contains poorly preserved rare diatoms. The SMO units are interpreted to represent an open marine setting with seasonal sea ice cover; the T unit is interpreted to represent glacial ice expansion from the Amery Ice Shelf over the site. Based on an age model developed previously for other cores from Prydz Channel with analogous stratigraphies, we interpret our record to be late Quaternary through Holocene in age. The T unit records the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Prydz Bay; the SMO-1 and SMO-2 units record interstadial episodes that are post- and pre-LGM respectively. Extinct diatom taxa in the T and SMO-2 units indicate reworked sediment sourced from two different-aged deposits. Our results provide both a new interpretation of late Quaternary deposition in Prydz Channel and support for previous studies in this region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amery Ice Shelf Antarc* Antarctic Science Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Shelf Prydz Bay Sea ice Cambridge University Press East Antarctica Prydz Bay Amery ENVELOPE(-94.063,-94.063,56.565,56.565) Amery Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(71.000,71.000,-69.750,-69.750) Prydz Channel ENVELOPE(73.000,73.000,-67.000,-67.000) Antarctic Science 15 4 512 521 |
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Fossil diatom-bearing marine sediment cores recovered from Prydz Channel, Prydz Bay, record episodes of glacial advance and retreat in the bay. Diatom frustules are abundant, well preserved, and the species composition is diverse in two biogenic sediment units composed of siliceous diatom ooze (SMO-1 and SMO-2). Between SMO-1 and SMO-2 a terrigenous unit (T) is present, composed of muddy diamicton and sandy silty clay, which contains poorly preserved rare diatoms. The SMO units are interpreted to represent an open marine setting with seasonal sea ice cover; the T unit is interpreted to represent glacial ice expansion from the Amery Ice Shelf over the site. Based on an age model developed previously for other cores from Prydz Channel with analogous stratigraphies, we interpret our record to be late Quaternary through Holocene in age. The T unit records the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Prydz Bay; the SMO-1 and SMO-2 units record interstadial episodes that are post- and pre-LGM respectively. Extinct diatom taxa in the T and SMO-2 units indicate reworked sediment sourced from two different-aged deposits. Our results provide both a new interpretation of late Quaternary deposition in Prydz Channel and support for previous studies in this region. |
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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms |
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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms |
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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms |
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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms |
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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms |
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late quaternary palaeoenvironments in prydz bay, east antarctica: interpretations from marine diatoms |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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ENVELOPE(-94.063,-94.063,56.565,56.565) ENVELOPE(71.000,71.000,-69.750,-69.750) ENVELOPE(73.000,73.000,-67.000,-67.000) |
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East Antarctica Prydz Bay Amery Amery Ice Shelf Prydz Channel |
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Amery Ice Shelf Antarc* Antarctic Science Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Shelf Prydz Bay Sea ice |
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Amery Ice Shelf Antarc* Antarctic Science Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Shelf Prydz Bay Sea ice |
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Antarctic Science volume 15, issue 4, page 512-521 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 |
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