Sequence Stratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Zircon Geochronology of the CIROS-1 Drill Core, Ross Sea, Antarctica: Implications for Cenozoic Glacial and Tectonic Evolution

• Main Author: Van de Ven, Evelien (11686609)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; CIROS-1; Antarctica; ANDRILL; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 049999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 260109 Geochronology (Geology); Marsden: 260111 Other Stratigraphy (incl. Sequence Stratigraphy); Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Masters; Degree Name: Master of Science; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; McMurdo Sound; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Hannah; Marsden; Mackay; Granite Harbour; Ferrar Glacier; Mackay Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.16997434.v1

Antarctica plays a central role in the global climate system. Understanding the continent's past climate interactions is key to predicting its future response to, and influence on, global climate change. In recent decades, sediment cores drilled on the Antarctic continental margin have provided...