Geochemical and Petrographic Signatures from Marie Byrd Land and Larsen-B Ice Shelf Sediments : Implications for Provenance Tracing

• Main Author: Dale, Cathleen Lauren
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2009
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Weddell; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/1136; https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/context/etd/article/2138/viewcontent/Dale_Thesis_2009_Redacted.pdf

The goal of this study is to trace ice rafted debris in the Southern Ocean back to its most probable terrestrial source from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), or the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Cap (APIC) in order to identify past ice sheet collapses in the geologic r...