Sedimentary environments beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica throughout the Holocene

• Main Authors: Post, Alexandra, O'Brien, Philip, McMinn, Andrew, Craven, Mike
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/mqoutputs/29; E3 - Conference Publication - published abstract or extract of paper; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Prydz Bay; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Lambert Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/f4d241e5-d353-4bc6-a915-b04b11618c05

The sediments deposited beneath the floating ice shelves around the Antarctic margin provide important clues regarding the nature of sub-ice shelf circulation and the imprint of ice sheet dynamics and marine incursions on the sedimentary record. Understanding the nature of sedimentary deposits benea...