Paleosols in the Transantarctic Mountains: indicators of environmental change

• Published in: Solid Earth
• Main Author: J. G. Bockheim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Geology; QE1-996.5; Stratigraphy; QE640-699; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Transantarctic Mountains; Wright Valley; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Darwin Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-4-451-2013; https://doaj.org/article/4ca555e2519741099e048ae9fd836e57

The Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs), a 3500 km long chain that subdivides East Antarctica from West Antarctica, are important for reconstructing the tectonic, glacial, and climatic history of Antarctica. With an ice-free area of 24 200 km 2 (50% of the total in Antarctica), the TAMs contain an unusu...