Subglacial sediment transport, ice stream dynamics, and chemical weathering of the Whillans Ice Stream inferred from particle surface texture, form, and composition

• Main Author: Puttkammer, Rebecca A.
• Other Authors: Powell, Ross D., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Northern Illinois University 2016
• Subjects: Sediment transport > Antarctica; Ice sheets > Antarctica; Glaciers > Antarctica; Chemical weathering > Antarctica; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Ross Sea; West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://commons.lib.niu.edu/handle/10843/21135

Advisors: Ross D. Powell. Committee members: Reed P. Scherer; Nathan D. Stansell. Includes bibliographical references. Includes illustrations and maps. Subglacial sediment from the Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica was studied in order to investigate the primary subglacial sediment transportation...