Contrasting sources for glacial and interglacial shelf sediments used to interpret changing ice flow directions in the Larsen Basin, northern Antarctic Peninsula

Marine sediment cores from the former Larsen A Ice Shelf area reveal three lithological units deposited during ice sheet advance and retreat from the continental shelf. The uppermost Unit 1 consists of a diatom-bearing silty clay with sparse ice-rafted debris (IRD). Clasts include rock types which c...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Geology
Main Authors: Reinardy, Benedict T.I., Pudsey, Carol J., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Murray, Tavi, Evans, Jeffrey
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Elsevier 2009
Subjects:
Marine Sciences
Glaciology
Earth Sciences
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Larsen Basin
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Iceberg*
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11189/
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