(Figure 2) Diatom relative abundance of sediment core PS58/254-1 ...

• Main Authors: Konfirst, Matthew Alan, Scherer, Reed P, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Kuhn, Gerhard
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; AGE; Actinocyclus actinochilus; Actinocyclus ingens; Azpeitia tabularis; Chaetoceros spp.; Eucampia antarctica; Fragilariopsis curta; Fragilariopsis kerguelensis; Fragilariopsis separanda; Hemidiscus karstenii; Rhizosolenia spp.; Rouxia antarctica; Rouxia constricta; Thalassionema spp.; Thalassiosira elliptipora; Thalassiosira fasciculata; Thalassiosira gracilis; Thalassiosira lentiginosa; Thalassiosira oestrupii; Thalassiosira oliverana; Thalassiosira tetraoestrupii; Thalassiosira tetraoestrupii var. reimeri; Thalassiothrix antarctica; Distephanus speculum; Diatoms, reworked; Diatoms, total, per unit sediment mass; Diatoms, sea-ice; Diatoms, marine; Diatoms tropical/subtropical; Accumulation rate, mass; Piston corer BGR type; Counting, diatoms; Calculated; ANT-XVIII/5a; Polarstern; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Southern Ocean; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.779253; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.779253

The goal of this study is to assess the changes that have occurred during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, an important transitional period in cryosphere evolution, by examining the siliceous microfossil record of sediments collected proximal to a major ice drainage outlet for the West Antarctic Ice...