Antarctica's Geologic and Ice Sheet History from Isotopic Sedimentary Provenance Studies

• Main Author: Pierce, Elizabeth Lane
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Paleoclimatology; Geochemistry; Geology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Prydz Bay; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Wilkes Land; Labyrinth; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8P84K0J

Within the constraints of uncertainty in the nature of erosion and transport in the sub-glacial environment, the study of glacialy-derived material from marine sediments located off the margin of East Antarctica provides a means for characterizing the sub-glacial geology obscured by the more than 98...