Glacial sedimentation in ODP Leg 119 samples

• Main Authors: Barron, John A, Larsen, Birger, Baldauf, Jack G
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1991
• Subjects: 119-737A; 119-737B; 119-738B; 119-738C; 119-739; 119-739C; 119-742A; 119-744A; 119-744B; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Indian Ocean; Joides Resolution; Leg119; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Prydz Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.758078; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758078

Although scientific evidence prior to that from ODP Leg 119 indicates the presence of an ice sheet on East Antarctica by at least the earliest Oligocene, the question as to the size and stability of that initial ice sheet is still contested. Current hypotheses include (1) the presence of a small ice...