Oceanographic and climatic influences on Trooz Glacier and Collins Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, during the Holocene

• Main Author: Fonseca, Adlai Nathanael Reuel
• Other Authors: Totten Minzoni, Rebecca, Andrus, C. Fred, Tobin, Thomas, Wellner, Julia Smith
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alabama Libraries 2019
• Subjects: Geology; Paleoclimate science; Marine geology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Collins Bay; Graham Land; Open Bay; The Antarctic; Trooz; Trooz Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/6498

Electronic Thesis or Dissertation The Antarctic Peninsula (AP) has dramatically warmed with the majority of its outlet glaciers receeding since the 1970’s. Relatively warm Circumpolar Deepwater (CDW) that undermelts ice shelves is prevalent on the western AP shelf, and raises questions of the relati...