Inferring West Antarctic subglacial basin history and ice stream processes using siliceous microfossils

• Main Author: Coenen, Jason James
• Other Authors: Scherer, Reed P., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Northern Illinois University 2016
• Subjects: Subglacial lakes > Antarctica; Ice sheets > Antarctica; Micropaleontology > Antarctica; Antarctic; West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ross Island; Ross Ice Shelf; Siple; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Whillans; Siple Coast; Whillans Ice Stream; Kamb Ice Stream; Bindschadler Ice Stream; Crary Ice Rise; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://commons.lib.niu.edu/handle/10843/20814

Advisors: Reed P. Scherer. Committee members: Ross D. Powell; Nathan D. Stansell. Includes bibliographical references. Includes illustrations and maps. In January of 2013 and 2015 the WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) science team collected sediment cores from Subglac...