13. LATE MIOCENE TO HOLOCENE GLACIAL HISTORY OF EAST ANTARCTICA REVEALED BY SEDIMENTS FROM SITES 745 AND 7461

• Main Authors: Werner U. Ehrmann, Hannes Grobe, Dieter K. Fütterer
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amery; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.508.555; http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/119_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/sr119_13.pdf

The sediments recovered at ODP Sites 745 and 746 in the Australian-Antarctic Basin are characterized by cyclic fa-des changes between clayey diatom oozes and diatomaceous clays ranging in age from late Miocene (about 10 Ma) to Quaternary. The gravel and terrigenous sand content of the sediments is u...