Age determination of eastern Weddel Sea sediments ...
The huge ice shelves in West Antarctica -the Ross and Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelves- habe probably extended out on th continental shelf during the late Wisconsin (Stuiver et al., 1981). Previous discussions, which have focused on the Ross Sea, have suggested (1) that the ice extended across the whole c...
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ftdatacite:10.1594/pangaea.735652 2024-09-15T17:47:24+00:00 Age determination of eastern Weddel Sea sediments ... Elverhoi, Anders 1981 application/zip https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.735652 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.735652 en eng PANGAEA https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/293641a0 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode cc-by-3.0 Gravity corer NARE79 Polarsirkel article Collection Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets 1981 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.73565210.1038/293641a0 2024-08-01T10:51:31Z The huge ice shelves in West Antarctica -the Ross and Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelves- habe probably extended out on th continental shelf during the late Wisconsin (Stuiver et al., 1981). Previous discussions, which have focused on the Ross Sea, have suggested (1) that the ice extended across the whole continental shelf (Denton et al., 1975; Kellog et al., 1979, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<249:LQEOTW>2.0.CO;2) or (2) that there was only a minor ecpansion (Drewry, 1979). Here we present sedimentological data from the Weddel Sea which suggests that a late Wisconsin grounded ice sheet extended to the shelfe edge. The evidence includes a recent thicker ice in Ellsworth Mountains at the head of the Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelf (Rutford et al., 1980). This thickening would lead to an expansion of the inland ice sheet over the continental shelf, filling up the Weddell Sea embayment. ... : Supplement to: Elverhoi, Anders (1981): Evidence for a late Wisconsin glaciation of the Weddell Sea. Nature, 293(5834), 641-642 ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Ronne Ice Shelf Ross Sea Weddel Sea Weddell Sea West Antarctica DataCite |
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The huge ice shelves in West Antarctica -the Ross and Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelves- habe probably extended out on th continental shelf during the late Wisconsin (Stuiver et al., 1981). Previous discussions, which have focused on the Ross Sea, have suggested (1) that the ice extended across the whole continental shelf (Denton et al., 1975; Kellog et al., 1979, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<249:LQEOTW>2.0.CO;2) or (2) that there was only a minor ecpansion (Drewry, 1979). Here we present sedimentological data from the Weddel Sea which suggests that a late Wisconsin grounded ice sheet extended to the shelfe edge. The evidence includes a recent thicker ice in Ellsworth Mountains at the head of the Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelf (Rutford et al., 1980). This thickening would lead to an expansion of the inland ice sheet over the continental shelf, filling up the Weddell Sea embayment. ... : Supplement to: Elverhoi, Anders (1981): Evidence for a late Wisconsin glaciation of the Weddell Sea. Nature, 293(5834), 641-642 ... |
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Antarc* Antarctica Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Ronne Ice Shelf Ross Sea Weddel Sea Weddell Sea West Antarctica |
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Antarc* Antarctica Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Ronne Ice Shelf Ross Sea Weddel Sea Weddell Sea West Antarctica |
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