Landform Evolution in the Dry Valleys and its implications for Miocene-Pliocene Climate Change in Antarctica

• Main Author: Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2009
• Subjects: Cosmogenic Dating; Antarctic Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Paleoclimate; Sample/Collection Description; Antarctica; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Cryosphere; Solid Earth; Dry Valleys; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600074

Abstract: This project seeks to answer a simple question: how old are potholes and related geomorphic features found in the uplands of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica? Some research suggests that they are over ten million years old and date the growth of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, the world&#...