Geochemical fingerprints of glacially eroded bedrock from West Antarctica: Detrital thermochronology, radiogenic isotope systematics and trace element geochemistry in Late Holocene glacial-marine sediments

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Pereira, Patric Simões, van de Flierdt, Tina, Hemming, Sidney R., Hammond, Samantha J., Kuhn, Gerhard, Brachfeld, Stefanie A., Doherty, Cathleen, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2018
• Subjects: Geochemical provenance; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Subglacial geology; Sediment transport pathways; Glaciology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Bellingshausen Sea; Pacific; Hobbs; Wrigley; Sulzberger Bay; Hobbs Coast; Wrigley Gulf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Hobbs coast; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/8; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.04.011

Geochemical provenance studies of glacial-marine sediments provide a powerful approach to describe subglacial geology, sediment transport pathways, and past ice sheet dynamics. The marine-based West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is considered highly vulnerable to ocean warming and sea level rise that i...