Chert formation at IODP Site U1521 as a proxy for variations in marine geochemistry at the onset of the Miocene Climate Optimum

• Main Author: McElmeel, Finlay T.
• Other Authors: Dodd, Justin, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Northern Illinois University 2021
• Subjects: Geology; Antarctica; Ross Sea; Geochemistry; Climate Change; Antarctic; Levy; Ross Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://commons.lib.niu.edu/handle/10843/24318

The goal of International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 374 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica was to collect marine sediment drill cores that would demonstrate the changes in the Antarctic Ice Sheets mass balance during times of Earth history when global temperatures and atmospheric CO2 were h...