Post-LGM palaeoclimatic changes derived from diatom census counts in the Western Ross Sea area (East Antarctica)

• Published in: Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana
• Main Authors: MEZGEC, KARIN, COLIZZA, ESTER, MELIS, ROMANA, Lucchi, R.
• Other Authors: FIST-Federazione Italiana Scienze della Terra, Mezgec, Karin, Colizza, Ester, Melis, Romana
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: FIST, Federazione Italiana di Scienze della Terra 2014
• Subjects: Diatoms; Ross Sea; paleoclimate; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; East Antarctica; Ross Ice Shelf; Joides Basin; Central Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2836273; https://doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2014.140

The Ross Sea is one of the most important region of the Southern Ocean since it is involved in the formation of dense, saline and super-cooled water masses (the High Salinity Shelf Water – HSSW and the Ice Shelf Water - ISW). These water masses descend into the deep ocean to form Antarctic Bottom Wa...