Marine geology of the western Ross Sea: implications for Antarctic glacial history

• Main Author: Meyers, Nathan Cebren
• Other Authors: Anderson, John B., Valley, John W.;Clark, Howard C.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: Antarctic; Byrd; Coulman Island; Marie Byrd Land; McMurdo Sound; Ross Island; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104019

The stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet has long been the subject of debate. Recently, basal till has been identified in the Ross Sea, yielding evidence for the expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and its grounding in the Ross Sea. However, the sedimentologic criteria used to identify basal till m...