In Search of Antarctica's Last Vegetation Refugium Within the McMurdo Dry Valleys

• Main Author: Rau, David
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2017
• Subjects: Antarctica; Palynology; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Vegetation; Refugium; Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Asgard Range; Beacon Valley; Olympus; Olympus Range; Taylor Valley; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Valley; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/4468; https://doi.org/10.31390/gradschool_theses.4468; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/gradschool_theses/article/5469/viewcontent/Rau_Thesis.pdf

The McMurdo Dry Valleys, a hyper-arid cold polar desert located within the Transantarctic Mountains was once covered by vegetation. An in depth study of surface samples of various Neogene age, acquired throughout the Valleys, provide insight to the location of one of Antarctica’s last vegetation ref...