Sedimentological signatures of the sub-Amery Ice Shelf circulation

• Main Authors: Hemer, M.A., Post, A, O'Brien, Philip Edward, Craven, M., Truswell, Elizabeth, Roberts, Donna, Harris, P.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: British Antarctic Survey 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: diatom; freezing; ice shelf; lithology; organic matter; sediment core; sediment transport; sedimentation; sedimentology; topography; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Bacillariophyta Antarctica; Baroclinic circulation; Sediment; Sub-ice shelf circulation; Prydz Bay; Amery; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/53180

Two sediment cores collected from beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica describe the physical sedimentation patterns beneath an existing major embayed ice shelf. Core AM01b was collected from a site of basal freezing, contrasting with core AM02, collected from a site of basal melting. Both co...