Marine Palynomorphs from the Plio-Pleistocene interval of the AND-1B Drill-Core McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Main Author: Mearns, Rory Matthew (11683693)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Palynomorphs; Antarctica; Pliocene; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 049999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 260104 Sedimentology; Marsden: 260113 Palynology; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Masters; Degree Name: Master of Science; Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; McMurdo Sound; Marsden; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.16992964.v1

The ANDRILL project recovered over 600 m of Plio-Pleistocene sediments within the Ross embayment, Antarctica. These sediments contain a record of local and regional paleoenvironmental conditions and glacial dynamism. They also provide a proxy for ice dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) d...