Clay mineralogy of late Eocene to early Miocene sediments of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Main Author: Ehrmann, Werner
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1998
• Subjects: Antarctica; Butter Point; CIROS; CIROS-1; CIROS-2; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; McMurdo Sound; MSSTS; MSSTS-1; Sampling/drilling ice; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.730374; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.730374

The clay mineral assemblages of upper Eocene to lower Miocene sediments recovered at the CIROS-1 and MSSTS-1 drill sites on the McMurdo Sound shelf, Antarctica, were analyzed in order to reconstruct the Cenozoic Antarctic paleoclimate and ice dynamics. The assemblages are dominated by smectite and i...