ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project Scientific Prospectus

• Main Authors: Naish, Timothy R., Powell, Ross D., Barrett, Peter J., Horgan, Huw, Dunbar, Gavin B., Wilson, Gary S., Levy, Richard, Robinson, Natalie, Carter, L., Pyne, Alex R., Niessen, Frank, Bannister, Stephen, Balfour, Natalie, Damaske, Detlef, Henrys, Stuart, Kyke, Phil, Wilson, Terry
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2005
• Subjects: Geochemistry; Glaciology; Other Earth Sciences; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ross Island; Ross Ice Shelf; Cape Roberts; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Weaver; Harwood; Hut Point; Hut Point Peninsula; Windless Bight; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/andrillinfo/7; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/andrillinfo/article/1007/viewcontent/MIS_Prospectus.pdf

Response of Antarctic ice sheets to projected greenhouse warming of up to 5.8!C by the end of the century is not known. Models on which predictions are based need to be constrained by geological data of the ancient ice sheets during times when Earth is known to have been warmer than today. The marin...