Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World
The 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences was convened at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where 350 researchers presented talks and posters on topics including climate change, biotic evolution, magmatic processes, surface processes, tectonics, geodynamics, and the cry...
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ftcolumbiauniv:oai:academiccommons.columbia.edu:10.7916/D8X92MXT 2023-05-15T13:50:01+02:00 Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World Bell, Robin E. Luyendyk, Bruce P. Wilson, Terry J. 2008 https://doi.org/10.7916/D8X92MXT English eng https://doi.org/10.7916/D8X92MXT Geology Articles 2008 ftcolumbiauniv https://doi.org/10.7916/D8X92MXT 2019-04-04T08:07:20Z The 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences was convened at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where 350 researchers presented talks and posters on topics including climate change, biotic evolution, magmatic processes, surface processes, tectonics, geodynamics, and the cryosphere. The symposium resulted in 335 peer-reviewed papers, 225 of which are published online). A proceedings book will also be published by the National Academies Press. Advances in our understanding of Antarctic tectonics were many, often involving techniques that provide information under ice sheets or from proxies such as glacial till to provide clues on provenance. John Goodge (University of Minnesota-Duluth) and coworkers reported a 1440-million-year-old granite boulder from glacial till from the Nimrod Glacier that can be matched to North American Laurentian province granites, supporting the postulated (Southwest U.S.—East Antarctica (SWEAT) hypothesis) fit of East Antarctica and North America more than 1 billion years ago. Considerable debate concerned the formation of the Transantarctic Mountains and the role of plateau collapse. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Nimrod Glacier Columbia University: Academic Commons Antarctic East Antarctica Transantarctic Mountains Nimrod ENVELOPE(165.750,165.750,-85.417,-85.417) Nimrod Glacier ENVELOPE(163.000,163.000,-82.350,-82.350) |
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The 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences was convened at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where 350 researchers presented talks and posters on topics including climate change, biotic evolution, magmatic processes, surface processes, tectonics, geodynamics, and the cryosphere. The symposium resulted in 335 peer-reviewed papers, 225 of which are published online). A proceedings book will also be published by the National Academies Press. Advances in our understanding of Antarctic tectonics were many, often involving techniques that provide information under ice sheets or from proxies such as glacial till to provide clues on provenance. John Goodge (University of Minnesota-Duluth) and coworkers reported a 1440-million-year-old granite boulder from glacial till from the Nimrod Glacier that can be matched to North American Laurentian province granites, supporting the postulated (Southwest U.S.—East Antarctica (SWEAT) hypothesis) fit of East Antarctica and North America more than 1 billion years ago. Considerable debate concerned the formation of the Transantarctic Mountains and the role of plateau collapse. |
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