Opal chemistry of costal Antarctic sediments

• Main Authors: Hendry, Katharine R, Rickaby, Rosalind E M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.832344; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832344

During the last 50 years, the Antarctic Peninsula has experienced rapid warming with associated retreat of 87% of marine and tidewater glacier fronts. Accelerated glacial retreat and iceberg calving may have a significant impact on the freshwater and nutrient supply to the phytoplankton communities...