Reconstructing Neogene Climate and Glacial History of Southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Main Author: Galbraith, Elizabeth (11742068)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy); Neogene; Paleoclimate; Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; Unit: Antarctic Research Centre; 040311 Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy); 960306 Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Environments (excl. Social Impacts); Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Masters; Degree Name: Master of Science; Antarctic; Brown Peninsula; Mount Discovery; Ross Sea; Scallop Hill; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17065067.v1

Understanding the glacial changes that have occurred in southern McMurdo Sound throughout the Neogene makes an important contribution to reconstructing Antarctic ice volume changes during past periods of climatic warmth, and provides insight into future possible response of the ice sheet. Fossilifer...