Use of algal biomarkers from marine sediments for reconstructing Antarctic environmental change in the Holocene

• Main Author: Ashley, Kate
• Other Authors: Bendle, James, Greene, Sarah, Eley, Yvette, Edgar, Kirsty, nerc
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: QE Geology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/10212/13.hassmallThumbnailVersion/Ashley2020PhD.pdf; http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/10212/; http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/10212/13/Ashley2020PhD.pdf

Antarctic coastal zones play a key role in regulating global climate, through sea level change, ocean circulation and the global carbon cycle. Observations over recent decades have documented changes such as thinning of ice sheets, freshening of the surrounding ocean and changes in sea ice extent. H...