A Shift in the Biogenic Silica of Sediment in the Larsen B Continental Shelf, Off the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula, Resulting from Climate Change

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Sañé, Elisabet, Isla, Enrique, Bárcena, María Ángeles, DeMaster, D.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Larsen Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/88412; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052632

5 pages, 4 figures In 2002, section B of the Larsen ice shelf, off of the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula, collapsed and created the opportunity to study whether the changes at the sea surface left evidence in the sedimentary record. Biogenic silica is major constituent of Antarctic marine sediment, and...