Introduction: The ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS) and Southern McMurdo Sound (SMS) drilling projects

Some of the greatest uncertainties in our understanding of Cenozoic global tectonics and climate can be traced back to our relatively meager knowledge about Antarctica9s continental lithosphere and its overlying continental glaciers. A trove of information about past tectonism and the behavior of th...

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Published in:Geosphere
Main Authors: Frank Niessen, Massimo Pompilio, Timothy Paulsen, Kurt S. Panter, Richard D. Jarrard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/105153
https://doi.org/10.1130/ges00813.1