In Search of Antarctica's Last Vegetation Refugium Within the McMurdo Dry Valleys
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...
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LSU Digital Commons
2017
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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 |