21Ne, 10Be and 26Al cosmogenic burial ages of near-surface eolian sand from the Packard Dune field, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

• Main Authors: Fink, D, Augustinus, P, Rhodes, E, Bristow, C, Balco, G
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 19th International Union for Quaternary Science Congress 2015
• Subjects: Quartz; Deposition; Sand; Antarctica; Ice; wind; Antarctic; Austral; Ross Sea; McMurdo Dry Valleys; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Victoria Valley; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/6199; http://inqua2015.jp/program/INQUA2015program.pdf

The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, have been ice-free for at least 10 Ma. In Victoria Valley, the largest of the Dry Valleys, permafrosted yet still actively migrating dune-fields, occupy an area of 8 km2 with dune thicknesses varying from 5 to 70 meters. High-resolution ground penetrating radar (...