Plio‐Pleistocene sedimentation in Ferrar Fiord, Antarctica

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: BARRETT, P. J., HAMBREY, M. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Glacier Fiord; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Island; Ross Sea; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1992.tb01025.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1992.tb01025.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1992.tb01025.x

ABSTRACT A 166 m thick Plio‐Pleistocene sequence of glacial sediments has been cored in Ferrar Fiord in the southwestern corner of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The core has the following lithofacies: massive diamictite (33% of the core; interpreted as lodgement or waterlain till), weakly stratified dia...