Rapid environmental changes in the Ross Sea embayment using a geochemical approach

• Main Author: Monien, Donata
• Other Authors: Tiedemann, Ralf, Kuhn, Gerhard, von Eynatten, Hilmar
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; geochemistry; ANDRILL; Ross Sea; sediment record; Pliocene; Pleistocene; 550; 550 Earth sciences and geology; ddc:550; Antarctic; Austral; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Ross Ice Shelf; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/2851; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000120163

The Ross Sea, as a part of the west Antarctic system, and its shelf is a key region stabilizing the west Antarctic ice masses. It is thus essential to understand the processes and changes in this area in order to interpret the past and predict the future climate developments. Sedimentary archives ar...