Sedimentology of Lower Pliocene to Upper Pleistocene Diamictons from IODP Site U1358, Wilkes Land Margin, and Implications for East Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Orejola, Nadine, Passchier, Sandra
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2013
• Subjects: continental shelf; geochemistry; heavy minerals; particle size; provenance; Antarctic; Victoria Land; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Wilkes Land; Mertz Glacier; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/529; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102013000527

During the early Pliocene a dynamic marine-based ice sheet retreated from the Wilkes Land margin with periodic ice advances beyond Last Glacial Maximum position. A change in sand provenance is indicative of a more stable Mertz Glacier system during the Late Pleistocene. East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAI...